Biology:Arisaema tortuosum

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Short description: Species of plant

Arisaema tortuosum
Whipcord Cobra Lily.jpg
Arisaema tortuosum near Purandar fort, Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Arisaema
Species:
A. tortuosum
Binomial name
Arisaema tortuosum
(Wall.) Schott

Arisaema tortuosum, the whipcord cobra lily, is a plant species in the family Araceae.[1] It has a distinctive purple or green whip-like spadix which arises from the mouth of its "jack-in the-pulpit" flower and may be up to 30 cm long.[1] Flowers may be male or bisexual.[2] The clustered fruits are green at first, ripening to red.[2] The plant grows in large clumps and can be up to 2 metres in height.[1]

It occurs in rhododendron forest, scrub, and alpine meadows in the Himalayas, western China , southern India and Myanmar.[1]

The species is readily propagated from seed or offsets.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1024807 entry