Arisaema leschenaultii Blume

 
  • Family : ARACEAE
    (Arum Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : OAL FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Araceae
  • Synonym(s) : Arisaema attenuatum E.Barnes & C.E.C.Fisch.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Arisaema leschenaultii Blume
  • Vernacular name :
    • Paambukkodi (Tamil)
    • Pambucholam (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hills at about 1200m in shade, especially on the shola floor, evergreen forests and grasslands
  • Flower, Fruit : May-November
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Satara district, Sindhudurg district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
  • Endemism : South India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • 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
    • Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Arisaema leschenaultii. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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