Arisaema tortuosum (Wall.) Schott. SN Aug 52

[Santhan P]

Arisaema tortuosum (Wall.) Schott., common herb in theshady forest floor, roadsides western ghats area adjacent to west cost, now in fruiting.

[Neil Soares]

Hi,

 This is the fruit of a species of Amorphophallus [possibly A. commutatus]. Please check the archives of this group for my photographs of this.

              With regards,

                Neil Soares.

---

From: Santhan P <ponsa...@gmail.com>
To: indian...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 12:22 PM
Subject: [efloraofindia:198488] Arisaema tortuosum (Wall.) Schott. SN Aug 52

Arisaema tortuosum (Wall.) Schott., common herb in theshady forest floor, roadsides western ghats area adjacent to west cost, now in fruiting.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to indian...@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[D.S Rawat]

Yes, the leaves resemble more to Amorphophallus than Arisaema.

DSRawat Pantnagar

[Santhan P]

Sir, this is Arisaema only, Amarphophalus is taller and giant and is cultivated in regular plots. Arisaema is almost like a weed one can see it very frequently. I can post the flowers when it is in flowering.

[Vijayasankar]

I agree with Neil ji and Rawat ji; it is Amorphophallus sp.
It is possible that they grow in the same habitat thus can cause confusion. But they are easily distinguishable by their leaf, flower/infl. etc.

Here is the key from Flora of China:

-	Leaves variously divided (most commonly pedate to pedatisect but not decompound), very rarely entire; berries ripening reddish.		Arisaema
+	Leaves commonly solitary, usually decompound, very rarely pedate, never entire; berries ripening red or blue.		Amorphophallus

 

Regards 

Vijayasankar

------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

--

[Saroj Kumar Kasaju]

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius ??

Thank you

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

--
With regards,
J. M. Garg

To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/7ffd3e0b-68ff-4990-aba3-98dcd59f814cn%40googlegroups.com.