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Amorphophallus paeonifolius (Dennst.) Nichols.
- Common Name: Elephant Yam, Telingo Potato
- Family: Araceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Madagascar to Polynesia
- Habitat: Loose leafy detritus in moist shady habitats
- Description: Of wide occurrence in tropical Asia and Australasia, this species has a echinate-verrucate (spiny) solitary leaf up to 3 ft (1 m) long on a dark green, pale-spotted stalk. The purple and green, white-spotted spathe, up to 10 in (25 cm) across, has a protruding, spadix with a very large, spongy, deep purple terminal knob.
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 Accession Data:- Accession # 200100498
- Source: Chris Barnhill - Fullerton Arboretum
- Accession Date: 06-25-2001
- Bench: 3310 - Ground Bed
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 12-05-2012
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Alismatales
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- Family: Araceae
- SubFamily: Aroideae
- Tribe: Thomsonieae
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References:
- IAS Species Page
- Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
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