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Amorphophallus preussii

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Name

Identification
Hydrosme preussii Engl. [family ARACEAE ] Verified by Ittenbach, S., Amorphophallus preussii (Engl.) N.E.Br. [family ARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Amorphophallus gratus
  • Hydrosme preussii
  • Amorphophallus preussii

Flora

Entry for AMORPHOPHALLUS Preussii N. E. Br. [family ARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 137, (1902) Author: (By N. E. Brown.)
Names
AMORPHOPHALLUS Preussii N. E. Br. [family ARACEAE]
Hydrosme Preussii Engl. [family ARACEAE], Jahrb. xv. 459; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 474.
Information
Leaf about 2 ft. in diam., glabrous; petiole about 2 ft. long, smooth, marked with transverse or oblique spots; terminal segments 5–7 in. long, 1 1/2–1 3/4 in. broad, oblanceolate, very acuminate, with a point 1–1 1/4 in. long, tapering to a decurrent base, the other segments lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate. Peduncle 16–20 in. long. Spathe about 4 3/4 in. long, convolute below, yellowish-green, purple at the base; limb oblong, acute. Spadix shorter than the spathe; flowering part cylindric, dense, female about 5 1/2 lin. long, 5 1/2 lin. thick, male about 7 lin. long, and 4 1/2 lin. thick; appendix 1 1/2–1 3/4 in. long, 2–3 lin. thick, subcylindric. Ovary ovoid, 2-celled; style short; stigma capitate.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea near a stream west of Buea, 3000 ft., Preuss, 588!
Notes
I have only seen the leaf of this species.

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