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Rhodospatha latifolia

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

Poeppig

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Bahia
• Espírito Santo
• Minas Gerais
• Pernambuco
• Rio de Janeiro
• Tocantins - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Gallery forest
• tropical rainforest
• disturbed forest streambank
• primary forest

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

• Oct

Scandent herbaceous hemiepiphytic vine with leaves to 450mm x 250mm. Fleshy reddish spathe, white inside to 200 mm x 75mm long, spadix white to red to 200mm long, violet flowers. Berries 3.5mm long

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Kew