Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Blume

 
  • Family : ARACEAE
    (ARUM FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Araceae
  • Species : Amorphophallus bulbifer
  • Basionym : Arum bulbiferum Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Blume
  • Vernacular name : Dhara oal (Ori.)
  • Key identification features : Erect herb, tuber globose. Leaves 3-fid, decompound, sessile, apex acuminate-caudate
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : May-July
  • Comments : Frequent in forests of northern Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Koraput district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, Myanmar
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; Ravikumar & Balachandran-2014, Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(8): 6108.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Amorphophallus bulbifer. Downloaded on 30 June 2024.

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