- Family : ARACEAE
(Arum Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : OAL FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Araceae
- Basionym : Arum venosum Dryand. ex Aiton
- Synonym(s) : Sauromatum guttatum Schott
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sauromatum venosum (Dryand. ex Aiton) Kunth
- Common name : Voodoo Lily, Corpseflower
- Vernacular name :
- Nurki (Marathi)
- Telia Qand (Hindi)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Stony slopes, hot river valleys
- Comments / notes : Flowers emit a foul smell resembling rotting meat. This odour attracts insect pollinators such as flies. Despite its putrid smell, voodoo lily is popularly cultivated as an ornamental. Its popularity is due in part to it being one of the easiest aroids to propagate and one of the hardest to kill
- Flower, Fruit : March-May
- Distribution :
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Amravati district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Buldhana district, Dhule district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Native : Africa and Asia
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tibet, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
- Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 436
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sauromatum venosum. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.
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