Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott
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Leaf [not vouchered]. © G. Sankowsky
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Inflorescence [not vouchered]. © G. Sankowsky
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Stolon showing bulbils [not vouchered]. © G. Sankowsky
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Herbarium sheet. © CSIRO
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Herbarium sheet. © CSIRO
Family
Schott, H.W. & Endlicher, S.F.L. in Schott, H.W. & Endlicher, S.L. (1832) Meletemata Botanica 1: 18.
Common name
Hitchhiker Elephant Ear
Stem
Leaves
Flowers
Spathe 7-11 cm long; tube ovoid, 2-4 cm long and strongly constricted above; blade subcircular, 6-8 cm long, cream coloured, reflexed. Spadix 3-4.5 cm long; basal female region ca. 2 cm long; middle sterile region ca. 1-1.1 cm long and the upper male region 1-1.2 cm long, club-shaped, without sterile tip.
Fruit
Fruit unknown. The bulbils appear on spike-like shoots which may seem fruit-like.
Seedlings
Features not available.
Distribution and Ecology
Natural History & Notes
Vegetative propagation by bulbils produced on shoots is very common, fruiting is very rare.
Synonyms
Arum viviparum Roxb., Hortus Bengalensis : 65(1814), Type: Inde.
RFK Code
4183
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