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 - Erect, terrestrial or epiphytic plant, to 2 m tall; stem to 20 cm long, cylindrical, 8-10 cm diam., producing a watery sap when cut; cataphylls to 60 cm long, initially entire, weathering into persistent fibers. Leaf blades horizontal or directed downward, 25-60 x 17-50 cm, lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate, nearly coriaceous, slightly paler below, the apex obtuse to acute or acuminate, the base cordate, with not-overlapping sinuses, the margins sinuate; petioles erect, to 1 m long, nearly cylindrical. Inflorescence axillary, solitary; peduncles 6-9 cm long, stout; spathe 14-21 cm long, convolute, constricted at the middle, green without, dark maroon within; spadix sessile, stout, as long as the spathe, with staminate portion whitish and pistillate portion yellowish green. Berry yellow to orange.
Species Description - Erect, terrestrial or epiphytic plant, to 2 m tall; stem to 20 cm long, cylindrical, 8-10 cm diam., producing a watery sap when cut; cataphylls to 60 cm long, initially entire, weathering into persistent fibers. Leaf blades horizontal or directed downward, 25-60 x 17-50 cm, lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate, nearly coriaceous, slightly paler below, the apex obtuse to acute or acuminate, the base cordate, with not-overlapping sinuses, the margins sinuate; petioles erect, to 1 m long, nearly cylindrical. Inflorescence axillary, solitary; peduncles 6-9 cm long, stout; spathe 14-21 cm long, convolute, constricted at the middle, green without, dark maroon within; spadix sessile, stout, as long as the spathe, with staminate portion whitish and pistillate portion yellowish green. Berry yellow to orange.
Distribution:
Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America| West Indies| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America|
Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America| West Indies| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America|