Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott

 
  • Family : ARACEAE
    (Arum Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : OAL FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Araceae
  • Basionym : Arum viviparum Roxb.
  • Synonym(s) : Caladium viviparum (Roxb.) G.Lodd.; Colocasia vivipara (Roxb.) Thwaites; Ditinnia rupicola A.Chev.; Remusatia formosana Hayata
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott
  • Common name : Hitchhiker Elephant Ear
  • Vernacular name :
    • Mara kesu (Kannada)
    • Sengarunaikizhangu (Tamil)
    • Marachembu, Maratthaali (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : On Rotting wood and among rocks
  • Comments / notes : Often seen on hills above 1300m, in shade, moist deciduous and Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Flower, Fruit : April-September
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Karnataka
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Salem district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China, Christmas Island, Comoros, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Sierra Leone, Socot
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China, Christmas Island, Comoros, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • 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
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 237-238
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Remusatia vivipara. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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