Amorphophallus commutatus (Schott) Engl.

 
  • Family : ARACEAE
    (Arum Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : OAL FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Araceae
  • Synonym(s) : Conophallus commutatus Schott
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Amorphophallus commutatus (Schott) Engl.
  • Common name : Dragon Stalk Yam
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kattuchena (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Common in shaded places of evergreen forests
  • Flower, Fruit : May-October
  • Collector(s) Name : S.R.Ramesh, S.Udaya Kumar; Cecil J. Saldanha, B.R.Ramesh
  • Collection Date : 26-06-1981, 14-07-1979
  • Collection Nos : KFP 15151, KFP 8352
  • Collection Locality : Planted at St. Joseph's college; Kodlimali State forest, Dakshina Kannada district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014- Flora of South Kanara
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Punekar, Lakshmin. & Sivad., FI. Anshi N.P., Western Ghats-Karnataka 514. 2011. (ARACEAE)
    • Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014- Flora of South Kanara.
    • 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 commutatus. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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