Characteristics
A robust plant. It is evergreen and keeps growing from year to year. The plant grows 3 m high. The stem can be 60 cm tall and 12 cm across. The leaf stalk is green or can have red mottling. It is 2 m long. The leaves are dark green and oval or spear head shaped. They are divided along the edges. There can be 16 narrow leaflets. The blades are 1.5 m long. They are wavy with deeply ruffled edges. The flower spadix is 25-35 cm long. It droops over with weight. The fruit are golden yellow.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
evergreen
|
| Sexuality |
-
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
3.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
A tropical plant. It grows in primary and secondary forests up to 500 m above sea level. It grows at medium altitudes in the Philippines. It suits hardiness zone 11.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
The plant contains oxalates which need to be removed before eating. The corms and leaf stalks are cooked and eaten.
Cultivation
The plant can be grown by small corms. It can also be grown by stem cuttings and by seed.
| Mode |
-
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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