Zantedeschia jucunda Letty

Species

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Characteristics

Plants glabrous, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves deciduous, petiolate, up to 60 cm long; petioles 10-30 cm long; blade triangular-hastate 17-30 cm long. 5-15 cm broad across the base, densely maculate with long white translucent spots, semi-folded along the midrib and upwardly spreading, apex acute with a subulate tip, the length of the blade above the basal lobes usually less than twice the width. Spathe about 10-16 cm long, golden-yellow with a purple blotch at the base inside, very slightly rugose within, deep yellow without, folded from below the insertion of the spadix into a cup-shaped funnel; limb spreading, slightly recurved backwards and tapering to a subulate tip. Spadix 3-4 cm long; male zone apical about 2-2.5 cm long; female zone basal more or less 2.5 cm long; ovaries subglobose, angled from pressure, sessile, about 24 in number. Fruits about 1-3 cm in diam., 3-loculed with 5-8 ovules.
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Perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves triangular-hastate, 170-300 x 50-150 mm, densely maculate with long, white, translucent spots. Spathe golden yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-9

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Germination treatment soaking
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Images

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Distribution

Zantedeschia jucunda world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:89416-1
WFO ID wfo-0000335165
COL ID 5CW86
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Synonyms

Zantedeschia jucunda