• Family : ARACEAE
  (Arum Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : OAL FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ARACEAE
• Basionym : Arum sylvaticum Roxb.
• Synonym(s) : Synantherias sylvatica (Roxb.) Schott; Brachyspatha sylvatica (Roxb.) Schott
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Amorphophallus sylvaticus (Roxb.) Kunth
• Vernacular name : Kaattu karunai (Tamil)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Often from foothills to 1200m, in shade.
• Flower, Fruit : May-September
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Kurnool district, Vizianagaram district
  • Telangana : Nizamabad district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district
  • Maharashtra : Ratnagiri district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Sindhudurg district, Yavatmal district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, The Nilgiri district, Tiruvallur district, Tiruvannamalai district
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Amorphophallus sylvaticus. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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