Aglaonema nebulosum (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Aglaonema nebulosum N.E.Br.

Protologue: Ill. Hort. 31: 67, pl. 24 (1887).

Synonyms

Aglaonema pictum Ridley (1925) non (Roxb.) Kunth.

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: mata bisul, mata hudang, selimpat ayer (Peninsular).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo.

Uses

The roots are used as a tonic for children and as an anthelmintic. The leaves are reputedly eaten as a vegetable. A. nebulosum is cultivated as an ornamental, also as a pot plant.

Observations

An erect herb up to 60 cm tall; leaves acute to obtuse at base, rarely variegated, margin of petiole sheath membranous; spathe globose, spadix clavate, about as long as spathe. A. nebulosum occurs in freshwater swamp forest and peat swamp forest.

Selected sources

121, 678.

Main genus page

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Authors

Francisca Murti Setyowati