Stem 1–1 1/2 ft. high, 1/2 in. thick. Leaves ascending, glabrous; petiole 1 1/2–3 1/2 in. long, broadly sheathing up to 2–7 lin. from the top; apex of sheath not auricled; blade 4 1/2–9 1/2 in. long, 2 3/4–5 in. broad, unequal-sided, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, subacute, obtuse or somewhat rounded at the base, bright green with dark green veins above, not shining, light green beneath, with scattered dark-coloured glands that become very indistinct in the dried state; midrib and veins impressed above, prominent beneath, conspicuously reticulate. Peduncle solitary, terminal, 1–1 1/4 in. long, 1/8 in. thick, glabrous. Spathe 1 1/3–1 3/4 in. long, 3/4–1 in. broad, convolute at the base only, upper part expanded, elliptic, obtuse, apiculate, white within, greenish outside in the basal part, glabrous. Spadix shorter than the spathe, 2 1/2 lin. thick, cylindric, obtuse, stipitate; stipes 2–3 lin. long; female part 4–5 lin. long; male part about 1/2 in. long. Ovaries 12–15, depressed, angular from mutual pressure, dull scarlet, 2-celled; stigma sessile, whitish. Anthers crowded, milk-white. Berries 4–5-angled, dull vermilion-red, not shining.
