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Frequency: | Occasional |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herb, growing from a vertical, underground rhizome. Leaves 1 or 2, up to 40 cm, broadly triangular, strongly cordate, paler and pubescent beneath, particularly on the veins. Inflorescence held in a cream-coloured spade, semi-subterranean, appearing before the leaves. |
Notes: | This species is rarely seen or collected in flowering state, due to the semi-subterranean inflorescence. |
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Habitat: | In deciduous woodland, plants dying back each year. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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Endemic status: | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 16 August 2008 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 289. (Includes a picture). Haigh, A. & Boyce, P. (2012). Araceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(1) Pages 18 - 20. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 85. Mayo, S.J. (1985). Araceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 49 - 50. |
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