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Rhaphidophora spuria

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

(Schott) Nicolson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Fiji
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands

Natural Habitats

• Primary & secondary lowland & upper hill forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Moderate to large root-climbing liana to 15m. Entire coriaceous leaves to 760mm x 320mm. Solitary or several inflorescences, sweetly fragrant flowers subtended by a foliage leaf, prophyll & cataphyll each. Cream stoutly-beaked spathe to160mm x 55mm. Creamy white spadix 155mm x 15mm. Infructescence to 120mm x 25mm

Further References

• Kew, The Plant List 2
• FV
• GBS
• Kew