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Accession Data:

Remusatia vivipara (Lodd.) Schott

  • Common Name: Hitchhiker Elephant Ear
  • Family: Araceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Himalayas and India
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Tuberous aroid from which arises leaves and simple upright stems bearing scale- leaves in the axils of which are bulbils covered with hooked cataphylls, which serve to disperse them when mature.
  • USDA Zone: 7b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200000044
  • Source: Brian Williams
  • Accession Date: 07-07-2000
  • Bench: 1202 - AUS:North Bench W
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 06-11-2017

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Alismatales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Araceae
  • SubFamily: Aroideae
  • Tribe: Colocasieae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Guinea-Bissau / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Nigeria / Sierra Leone / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Zaire / Ethiopia / Socotra / Tanzania / Zambia / Madagascar / Oman / Yemen / China South-Central / Tibet / Taiwan / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / India / Nepal / Sri Lanka / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Christmas I. / Northern Territory / Queensland

References (external):

data regenerated on Thu, 22 Jun 2017 08:19:27 -0400

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W/C = Wild Collected
- indicates flowering in past 10 days
- images available for this accession
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