Dieffenbachia seguine (Jacq.) Schott
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Authority
Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.
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Family
Araceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Terrestrial herbs to 1 m or more tall. Stems erect but the older portions reclining, to about 6 cm diam., dark green, mottled with light green, the internodes 3-5 cm long. Sap foulscented, caustic. Leaves: petiole sharply and deeply sulcate, thicker than broad, 30-52 cm long; usually slightly shorter than blades, sheathing to about middle, the sheath margins curled inward; blade ovate-elliptic to narrowly ovate, 30-63 X 16-23 cm, broadest at middle or below middle, slightly inequilateral with one side to 2 cm wider, moderately fleshy; primary lateral veins 10-14 pairs. Inflorescences to 4 per axil, the peduncle 10-20 cm long; spathe green, to 25 cm long; pistillate portion of spadix to ca. 7 cm long. Fruits reddish. Fl (Jul-Sep), mature fr (Oct, Apr);
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Distribution
Common in wet to low areas
French Guiana South America|