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Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
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*Amorphophallus paeoniifolius* is a species of plant in the family Araceae, belonging to the genus *Amorphophallus*. It is classified within the order Alismatales, class Liliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. Common names for this taxon include whitespot giant arum, Elephant foot yam, and Olifantenyam. The species produces berries and is utilized as both a food source and a medicinal plant.
The taxon range includes the Tibet Autonomous Region, Guangdong, and Myanmar. According to the IUCN Red List, its conservation status was assessed as Least Concern in 2013. Records from various institutions, including NY, BRIT, CAS, MICH, and US, document occurrences in countries such as Fiji, the Philippines, Thailand, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea.
Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Vinony's link graph records 45 inbound references to Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, and connects out to Springer Science+Business Media, India and Australia.
It sits within the topics Amorphophallus subg. Amorphophallus, Austronesian agriculture and Flora of Indo-China.
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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyAraceae
La patata de Telinga[1] (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) es una especie de planta herbácea perteneciente a la familia de las aráceas. Ilustración Detalle de la flor Ilustración en Flore des Serres Tubérculo Detalle de la flor Frutos Índice 1 Descripción 2 Distribución 3 Hábitat 4 Propiedades 5 Taxonomía 6 Referencias Descripción Es una hierba perenne que produce una sola inflorescencia, seguido por una hoja solitaria. Después de la temporada de crecimiento, esta muere de nuevo a un órgano de almacenamiento subterráneo (tubérculo). El tubérculo es de color marrón oscuro, aplanado, en forma de globo, de hasta 50 × 30 cm con cicatrices profundas prominentes. Pesa hasta unos 15 kg. Hojas: Por lo general, una (a veces dos) por tubérculo. Pecíolo (tallo de la hoja) de hasta 2 m de altura y 20 cm de diámetro con superficie rugosa, verrugosa. Color pálido a verde oscuro o negruzco verdoso con manchas pálidas y numerosos pequeños puntos oscuros. Limbo de hasta 3 m de diámetro y profundamente dividido en segmentos. Foliolos de hasta 35 × 12 cm. Espádice de hasta 70 cm de largo. La porción más inferior de la espádice es de sexo femenino y se cubre con pistilos (partes hembra). Cada pistilo con
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 335
- With media
- 329
- Family
- Araceae
- Collections
- NY, BRIT, CAS, MICH, US, BRY
- Recorded in
- Fiji, Philippines, Thailand, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, China, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Amorphophallus
- Image
- ചേന.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Commons category
- Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons gallery
- Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
- taxon common name
- 疣柄蘑芋（疣柄魔芋）
- has fruit type
- berry
- different from
- Amorphophallus konjac
- short name
- A. paeoniifolius
- taxon range
- Myanmar
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e
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Encyclopedic overview
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, commonly known as the elephant foot yam or whitespot giant arum, is a tropical plant native to Island Southeast Asia. It is cultivated for its edible tubers in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Madagascar, New Guinea, and the Pacific islands. Because of its production potential and popularity as a vegetable in various cuisines, it can be raised as a cash crop. The plant and its tuber are also known as suran or jimmikand.
Origin
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