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Rhaphidophora sylvestris

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

(Blume) Engler

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Malacca
• Negeri Sembilan
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Montane creekside
• swamp forest
• hill forest

Flowering Times

• Aug

Fruiting Times

Small twining subshrub or large robust woody root-climber to 20m. Entire, coriaceous leathery leaves velvety green above, glabrous beneath to 320mm x 85mm, glabrous above & matt bebeath. Solitary inflorescence subtended by a fully developed leaf, fleshy dull yellow short-beaked spathe to 75mm x 30mm, terminal spike to 50mm long x 15mm, Spadix 60mm x 25mm, dull yellow to brown flowers. Infructescence to 80mm x 25mm

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• The Plant List 2
• Elmer
• GBS
• Kew