Aglaonema marantifolium (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

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

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Authors

Francisca Murti Setyowati