Monographs Details:
Authority:
Acevedo-RodrÃguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
Acevedo-RodrÃguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
Family:
Araceae
Araceae
Description:
Species Description - Glabrous, erect terrestrial herb 0.5-1.5 m tall; stem erect or decumbent, cylindrical, 10-50 cm long and about 5 cm diam., with numerous, large leaf scars; cataphylls 10-20 cm long, weathering into persistent fibers. Leaves spirally arranged; blades directed downward, 30-52 x 25-30 cm, broadly ovate to triangular- ovate, coriaceous, strongly reticulate-veined, the apex obtuse, the base cordate-sagittate with overlapping sinuses, the margins entire, slightly wavy; petioles erect, cylindrical, 20-60 cm long. Inflorescence ascending; peduncles to 50 cm long; spathe reflexed, green, leafy, oblong to ligulate, to 10 cm long; spadix ascending, pendulous when fruits are mature, 10-30 cm long, dark brown, widened at base. Berry bright red, obovoid, 5-8 mm long, produced on proximal portion of spadix, embedded in the axis when immature, pendulous from a threadlike structure when ready for dispersal.
Species Description - Glabrous, erect terrestrial herb 0.5-1.5 m tall; stem erect or decumbent, cylindrical, 10-50 cm long and about 5 cm diam., with numerous, large leaf scars; cataphylls 10-20 cm long, weathering into persistent fibers. Leaves spirally arranged; blades directed downward, 30-52 x 25-30 cm, broadly ovate to triangular- ovate, coriaceous, strongly reticulate-veined, the apex obtuse, the base cordate-sagittate with overlapping sinuses, the margins entire, slightly wavy; petioles erect, cylindrical, 20-60 cm long. Inflorescence ascending; peduncles to 50 cm long; spathe reflexed, green, leafy, oblong to ligulate, to 10 cm long; spadix ascending, pendulous when fruits are mature, 10-30 cm long, dark brown, widened at base. Berry bright red, obovoid, 5-8 mm long, produced on proximal portion of spadix, embedded in the axis when immature, pendulous from a threadlike structure when ready for dispersal.
Distribution:
West Indies| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America|
West Indies| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America|