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Arisaema serratum Schott

Species

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Characteristics

A tuber plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It is 1-1.5 m high. The leaf stalk is pale green with red spots. There are two leaves with leaflets that radiate. There are 5-11 sword shaped leaflets. The edges can be wavy or toothed. The bract around the flower is hooded and green or red. It can sometimes be striped or spotted. It is 8-13 cm long. The flower stalk is fleshy. It can be club shaped. It is 4-5 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests, below 500 m altitude in northern China. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
More
Shady forests in C. and S. Japan.
Light 3-8
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves roots tubers
Therapeutic use -
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 -

Images

Fruit

Arisaema serratum fruit picture by floral hardy (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Arisaema serratum world distribution map, present in Japan and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:85796-1
WFO ID wfo-0000273696
COL ID GNBK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Arisaema serratum f. thunbergii Arisaema serratum f. ionochlamys Arisaema serratum Arisaema takedae Arisaema peninsulae f. variegatum Arisaema angustatum f. integrum Arisaema angustifoliatum Arisaema pseudojaponicum f. serratifolium Arisaema serratum f. blumei Arisaema serratum f. japonicum Arisaema angustatum var. peninsulae Arisaema angustifoliatum var. holophyllum Arisaema angustifoliatum var. integrifolium Arisaema angustifoliatum var. serratifolium Arisaema japonicum var. angustifoliatum Arisaema japonicum var. serratum Arisaema japonicum var. yasuii Arisaema niveum var. viridescens Arisaema peninsulae var. attenuatum Arisaema peninsulae var. caespitosum Arisaema serratum var. blumei Arisaema serratum var. ionochlamys Arisaema serratum var. latisectum Arisaema serratum var. viridescens Arisaema japonicum var. latisectum Arisaema peninsulae var. atropurpureum Arisaema serratum var. japonicum Arisaema serratum f. viridescens Arisaema serratum f. integrum Arum serratum

Lower taxons

Arisaema serratum var. atropurpureum Arisaema serratum var. serratum Arisaema serratum var. suwoense Arisaema serratum var. izuense
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