Aglaonema marantifolium (PROSEA)
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Aglaonema marantifolium Blume
- Protologue: Rumphia 1: 153, pl. 66 (1837).
Synonyms
Aglaonema oblongifolium auct. non Schott.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: anapur ayer, bira ayer (Moluccas).
Distribution
The Moluccas and New Guinea.
Uses
In the Moluccas, heated leaves have been used to reduce swellings, but this sometimes results in sores.
Observations
An erect or ascending herb up to 100 cm tall; leaves obtuse to subrounded at base, not variegated, margin of petiole sheath membranous; spathe elongate, spadix cylindrical, much shorter than spathe. A. marantifolium occurs in lowland rain forest in humid and shaded locations.
Selected sources
334, 678.
Main genus page
Authors
Francisca Murti Setyowati