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Anthurium oxycarpum

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

Poeppig & Endlicher

Common Names

• Sangkap

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Rondonia - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Primary forest
• shade
• disturbed forest
• forested streamside
• riverside
• floodplain forest
• wet forest.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr

Root climbing hemi-epiphyte or epipetric, leaves to 550mm x 190mm. Spathe dark green or white, sometimes tinged red or maroon at margins, to 125mm x 30mm, spadix white to purplish 150mm x 10mm, tepals 2mm wide. Fruits red with black tips to 12.3mm x 5mm.

Used to promote sleep in infants

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Kew
• CATE