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Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

(Schott) Madison

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• floodplain forest
• disturbed primary forest
• coastal forest

Flowering Times

• Jun

Fruiting Times

• Jul

Scandent epiphyte with palmately compound glossy green leaves, 5-11 leaflets to 300mm x 90mm. Purple or green spathe & spadix, pale green to purple spathe deciduous 100mm x 28mm, pale purple spadix to 150mm x 20mm, reddish-white flowers. Red or purple fruit to 8mm diameter.

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Standley
• Selbyana