Accession Data

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Common Name: Elephant Yam, Telingo Potato

Family: Araceae

Country of Origin: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

Description: Of wide occurrence in tropical Asia and Australasia, this species has a echinate-verrucate (spiny) solitary leaf up to 3 ft (1 m) long on a dark green, pale-spotted stalk. The purple and green, white-spotted spathe, up to 10 in (25 cm) across, has a protruding, spadix with a very large, spongy, deep purple terminal knob.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 11-12

Accession #: 200100498

Accession Date: 2001-06-25 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3106

Quantity: 2

Source: Chris Barnhill - Fullerton Arboretum

Culture: Corm can be stored dry.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Alismatales

Family: Araceae

SubFamily: Aroideae

Tribe: Thomsonieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. IAS Species Page
  2. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 07, 2016.
  4. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 07, 2016.

Images

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius