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Araceae
Anchomanes abbreviatus Engl.
SUMMARY
Tuber ± globose to subcylindric, growing vertically, 1-5 cm. in diameter, with thick fleshy roots 3-4 mm. in diameter. LEAVES: Petiole 25-120 cm. long, up to 1 cm. in diameter or more, green to reddish green with grey hue, greenish spotted, armed with greenish cream prickles 1-5 mm. long; ultimate lobes of leaf-blade 9-16 cm. long, 2-10 cm. broad, dark glossy green. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle ± 30-90 cm. long, similar in colour to petiole, armed with prickles. Spathe broadly-ovate to subcircular, 5-13 cm. long, 2-8 cm. in diameter, apex rounded to acute with cuspidate tip, light green, inner surface purplish red towards base. Spadix cylindric, 3-8 cm. long, 0.8-2 cm. in diameter, usually much shorter than spathe, staminate part 1.5-3 cm. long, apex rounded, pistil late part at least half total spadix length, 1.5-5 cm. long. Stamens cream, reddish brown at apex, 3.5 mm. long, 2.2-2.5 mm. broad. Pistil ± 5 mm. long, 3.5-6 mm. in diameter, broadly subcylindric, glaucous purple; stigma sessile, circular, whitish, hardly prominent, 1.5-2.5 mm. in diameter. INFRUCTESCENCE: Berry ellipsoid, 2.2 cm. long, 1.6 cm. in diameter. Seed subellipsoid, 2.1 cm. long, 1.4 cm. in diameter.