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Accession Data:

Anchomanes giganteus Engl.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Araceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: WC. Trop. Africa

  • Description: Tuber very large. Leaf present at the time of flowering, about 31/2 ft. diam.; petiole attaining a height of 8 ft., prickly; the 3 primary divisions of the leaf 2-3-pinnatisect, lowest segments subtripartite, following segments pinnatisect, with 2-3 pairs of leaflets, ultimate segments much larger and bipinnatisect; lowest of the tertiary segments ovate-lanceolate, subacute; middle pinnatipartite, with about 2 pairs of leaflets; ultimate pinnatipartite, with about 3 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets obliquely oblong-lanceolate, decurrent on the rhachis. Inflorescence: Peduncle 5-51/2 ft. long, prickly. Spathe 3 ft. long, elongated-lanceolate, scarcely acuminate. Spadix sessile; female part 3-4 in. long; male part 6-8 in. long, 3/4-11/6 in. thick. Ovary shortly ovoid; style tuberculate.4

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900038
  • Source: Alan Chryst - Rollins College
  • Accession Date: 05-01-2019
  • Bench: 3111 - EVO: Equisetum & Cycads
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 11-02-2019

Classification:

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

References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Burundi / Congo / Gabon / Zaire

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 01 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 01 May, 2019.
  3. Plants of the World Online at Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 01 May, 2019.
  4. CATE Araceae. Last accessed on Wednesday, 01 May, 2019.
  5. Useful Plants of West Africa at JStor. (paywall). Last accessed on Wednesday, 01 May, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 18 May 2021 13:33:33 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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