Last updated: 03 Nov 2016
Typhonium trilobatum (L.) Schott
Arisaema pumilum Blume, Arum auriculatum Sims, Arum orixense Roxb. ex. Andrews, Arum orixense Roxb., Arum pumilum Lam., Arum trilobatum Linn., Desmesia orixensis (Roxb. ex Andrews) Raf., Dracunculus trilobatus (L.) Raf., Typhonium orixense (Roxb. ex Andrews) Schott, Typhonium siamense Engl., Typhonium triste Griff. [1]
Malaysia | Keladi puyuh [2] |
India | anaiyatikkaku [3]. |
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Typhonium trilobatum is a member of the Araceae family. The tubers are rounded, white, with small inequalities and having many fibers issuing from the apex. The leaves are radical, stalked, deeply trilobed. The lobes are ovate, pointed, a little scalloped, smooth about 20-25 cm wide, and of the same length. Petioles are erect, round, tapering, striated and about 30cm long, sheathing and embracing one another at the base. Spathe is shorter than the petiole, striated, erect, red inside and herbaceous outside. The spandix, at the base is surrounded with ovaries, crowned with many yellow, branched filaments. The middle is covered with anthers while the apex is scarlet, as long as the rest of the spandix, erect, tapering, subulate from a concave broad base. [4]
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T. trilobatum has been reported to contain carotene, folic acid, niacin; thiamine; sterols; beta-sitosterol. [5]
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