生活型

herb

形態特徵

• Erect, above ground stem distinct, branched.
• Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, apex acuminata, base shallowly cordate, 10-17 cm long, 7-12 cm broad, entire, primary veins 4 on each side, radiating from petiole, petiole green, 25-30 cm.
• Inflorescence usually solitary, axillary; spathe green, limb narrowly cymbiform, margins convolute; spadix with appendage, female part cylindrical; sterile male part 2-3 cm long; fertile male part yellow; spadix pale green or yellowish green.
• Fruit not seen.

分布

• 台灣 : Native and cultivated.
• 世界 : Japan, the Ryukyus, China, India, Thailand.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Keelung, Matuda s. n. 22 Jul 1918; Kuanyinshan, Simada s. n. Jan 1915; Shindian, Wantian, Susuki s. n. Feb 1937.

參考文獻

• HUANG, Tseng-Chieng, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 5: 667. 2000.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)