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Calathea panamensis Rowlee ex Standl.

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Marantaceae > Calathea

Characteristics

Plants of mediocre size, acaulescent; leaves oblong-or obovate-elliptic, very ab-ruptly and shortly acuminate to obtuse or rounded, base very broadly obtuse or rounded, 15-20 cm. long, 7-10 cm. broad, glabrous; petioles 0.5-1.0 cm. long, wholly callous, minutely puberulent; sheaths 8-16 cm. long, narrow, obscurely auriculate, glabrous or essentially so; spikes arising directly from the rhizome, subsessile or very shortly (about 4 cm.) pedunculate; bracts about 5-10, ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 3-4 cm. long, membranaceous, green or tinged with red, sparsely pilosulose to glabrate; flowers 2.5-4.0 cm. long, bright yellow.
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A herb without a stem. It grows 65 cm tall. The roots produce tubers. The leaf stalks have broad wings. The leaves are oblong to oval and end abruptly at the tip. They are 25-38 cm long by 6-15 cm wide. They can be unequal on opposite sides. They are dark green above and more pale underneath. The flowering shoots are at the top coming from among the leaf sheaths. There are bracts 3-7 cm long. They are sword shaped and arranged in spirals. The flowers are yellow. The fruit are capsules 1 cm long. They have 3 brown seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.43
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in seasonally dry areas of the rain forest
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Edible roots tubers
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Cultivation

It dies back during the dry season and regrows after rain.
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Distribution

Calathea panamensis world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:565028-1
WFO ID wfo-0000343034
COL ID PG44
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Synonyms

Calathea panamensis
WorldFloraDB 2024