Arisaema sarracenioides

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Arisaema sarracenioides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Arisaema
Species:
A. sarracenioides
Binomial name
Arisaema sarracenioides
E.Barnes & C.E.C.Fisch.

Arisaema sarracenioides is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Araceae.

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Description

Deciduous, dioecious, succulent perennial herb, about 70 cm tall. The plant bears a tuberous, depressed-globose corm (2.5–4 cm diameter), yellow to greenish-yellow inside, often producing offsets. [1] Leaf solitary, radiatisect, with 5–7 elliptic-obovate to oblanceolate leaflets on a long, mottled petiole (40–70 cm). Inflorescence arises below the leaf; spathe 18–22 cm long, white with purple stripes, and a cucullate limb ending in a short tail. Spadix with distinct male and female forms; female spadix conical with compact green pistils, male spadix slender with purple anthers. Fruiting spike cylindrical, borne on an erect peduncle with compact berries. [2]

Distribution

Southern Western Ghats. [3]

Phenology

Flowering & fruiting: May–October. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Manudev, K.M.; Arunkumar, P.G.; Nampy, Santhosh (2019). "Taxonomic revision of Arisaema (Araceae) sect. Sinarisaema in India". Rheedea. 29 (2): 119–173. doi: 10.22244/rheedea.2019.29.2.01 .
  2. Arisdason, W.; Daniel, P. (2025). "Rediscovery of Arisaema sarracenioides E. Barnes & C.E.C. Fisch. (Araceae) from the Anamalais, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu". Nelumbo. 47 (1–4): 173–176. doi:10.20324/nelumbo/v47/2005/74151.
  3. "Arisaema sarracenioides E.Barnes & C.E.C.Fisch. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-11-07.