Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott

 
  • Family : ARACEAE
    (ARUM FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Araceae
  • Species : Xanthosoma sagittifolium
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
  • Vernacular name : Govekesu (Kan.)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : October-January
  • Comments : Introduced on hills above 1400 m, in perennially moist places, by wastelands, by habitations etc. Also cultivated sometimes for its edible tubers.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State)
  • World Distribution : Neotropics; Introduced to the Old World Tropics
  • Literature : Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • 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=Xanthosoma sagittifolium. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

Field Images

Comments

All fields are required






 
Creative Commons License
Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in.