Typhonodorum lindleyanum
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Typhonodorum lindleyanum (genus name is Greek, stormy wind and gift). Araceae. Robust herb, with a stout caudex 4-10 ft. high: lvs. thick, petioled, triangular-ovate or hastate, acuminate: spathes with oblong tubes attenuate at both ends, blade 3 times longer than the tube, oblong-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate; spadix erect, strict, cylindrical; male infl. elongated, female short and cylindrical: fls. monoecious in an elongated somewhat appendiculate spadix; perianth none; stamens 4-8 in the male fls.; ovary ovoid or subglobose and 1-celled in the female: berry large, compressed, orbicular. One species, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Trop. Afr. T. Lindleyanum, Schott (T. madagascariense, Engler). St. stout, 3-10 ft. high, 4-12 in. thick: lvs. deeply cordate or sagittate, 1 1/4 – 3 1/2 ft. long, 7 in. to 2 ft. across; petiole terete, 2-4 ft. long: spathe 1 1/2 - 2 ft. long, tube 3-5 in. long, oblong, green, blade 13-19 in. long, 3-5 in. across, lanceolate, convolute below, yellow: seeds 1 3/4 - 2 in. across, flattened-orbicular, edible.—A striking plant with the habit of Zantedeschia, growing in deep water. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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