Arisaema quinatum Schott

Species

Angiosperms > Alismatales > Araceae > Arisaema

Characteristics

A taro family plant. It grows 25-50 cm high. The leaf is made up of 5 leaflets. The flowers grow on a long, thick spike. This has a fleshy bract around it. The flap curves over the top. The many tiny flowers are off-white in colour.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Woods and moist rich soils.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 3-8
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots
Therapeutic use Blood Medicine (root), Blood Medicine (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Arisaema quinatum world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Georgia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:85777-1
WFO ID wfo-0000273298
COL ID 67QYG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Arisaema polymorphum Arum polymorphum Arum quinatum Arisaema triphyllum subsp. quinatum Arisaema quinatum