- Family : ARACEAE
(Arum Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : OAL FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Araceae
- Synonym(s) : Amorphophallus campanulatus Blume ex Decne.; Dracontium paeoniifolium Dennst.; Arum campanulatum Decne.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson
- Common name : Elephant foot Yam
- Vernacular name :
- Soorana (Sanskrit)
- Suvaran, Jameenkand (Hindi)
- Suvarna gedde, Kadu suvarna gedde (Kannada)
- Suran (Marathi)
- Oal, Olna, Oal kinda, Olakunda, Olua (Oria)
- Manshi kanda (Telugu)
- Kattuchena, Chena (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Cultivated for its edible tuber. Very stout
- Key identification features : A large perennial herb with a massive subterranean tuber (corm). Leaves large with segments spreading. Flowers in spadix and foul-smelling. Spathe bell-shaped
- Flower, Fruit : May-June
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, P.Prakash; Cecil J. Saldanha, S.R.Ramesh, K.P.Sreenath; D.Nicolson
- Collection Date : 27-10-1978, 03-08-1979, 07-06-1970
- Collection Nos : KFP 3679, KFP 8834, Nicolson 4154
- Collection Locality : Belgaum-Khanapur road, Belagavi district; Guruvayankere-Naravi, Dakshina Kannada district; Shiruwante, Shivamogga district
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district, Hassan district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Amravati district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- 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
- Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 229
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Amorphophallus paeoniifolius. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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