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Rhaphidophora montana

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

(Blume) Schott

Common Names

• Shang shu nan xing (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Hainan
• SE. Yunnan - China
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Kedah
• Kelantan
• Malacca
• Pahang
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• S. Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• jungle
• montane areas
• primary & secondary forest
• disturbed forest

Flowering Times

• Jun-Oct (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Oct (China)

Large to very large robust stem rooting climber or creeper to 15m, entire, coriaceous leaves to 430mm x 150mm, glabrous above & matt beneath. Solitary axillary & terminal inflorescences subtended by a foliage leaf, 200mm x 20mm pale green or cream spadix, dull yellow fleshy short-beaked spathe to 220mm x 65mm. Infructescence 170mm x 25mm, berry to 8mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• FS
• F Indochine
• GBS
• Kew