Amorphophallus hohenackeri
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Amorphophallus |
| Species: | A. hohenackeri
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| Amorphophallus hohenackeri (Schott) Engl. & Gehrm.
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Amorphophallus hohenackeri is a plant species in the family Araceae.
Description
[edit]The plant produces depressed sub-globose tubers with pale brown skin and slender offsets. The petiole is long, smooth, and pale yellowish-green with dark green mottling and cream speckles, subtended by a few pinkish cataphylls. The lamina is 30–45 cm across, with sessile elliptic leaflets that are dark green above, paler beneath, and slightly undulate along the margin. The inflorescence consists of a peduncle resembling the petiole in colour and pattern, a spathe that is light pinkish-yellow with purplish mottling outside and yellowish-green within, and a spadix nearly equal in length to the spathe. Female flowers have small green ovaries with 2–3 locules, while male flowers are yellow. The spadix appendix is cream-coloured, tapering towards the apex, and smooth above. The fruits are oblong, scarlet-red when ripe, and contain 2–3 ovoid seeds. Flowering occurs from March to May, with fruiting from May to August.[1]
Distribution
[edit]It is endemic to South West India.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Jaleel, V.A., Sivadasan, M., Alfarhan, A.H., Thomas, J. and Alatar, A.A., 2011. Revision of Amorphophallus blume ex decne. Sect. Rhaphiophallus (schott) engl.(araceae) in India. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 18(1), pp.1-26.
- ^ Sivadasan, M. and Sabu, T., 1989. Beetle-pollination—cantharophily—in Amorphophallus hohenackeri (Araceae). Aroideana, 12(1-4), pp.32-37.
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