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Araceae
Philodendron pulchrum G.M.Barroso
SUMMARY
Epiphyte or hemiepiphytic climber, sometimes terrestrial, occurring at 0.05–29 m high; sap copious, clear with turpentoid scent; roots sparse, reddish brown; stems to more than 1 m long; internodes short 1cm long, 2–6 cm diam.; cataphylls thick, bluntly 1or 2-ribbed, medium green, matte, persisting intact at upper nodes, turning brown, marcescent. LEAVES semi-erect; petioles 23–40 cm long, 8–12 mm diam., usually longer than the petioles, averaging 1.33 times longer, medium green with faint darker lines, terete to sharply C-shaped with adaxial groove, broadly and sharply sulcate near base, more bluntly so near apex, slightly thicker than broad, medium green, matte, densely short-dark-lineate, with fine veins; blade oblong-ovate, 45–60 cm long and 23–30 cm wide, 2–3 times longer than wide, moderately coriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, somewhat paler and matte below; midrib flat and slightly paler above, narrowly rounded and moderately paler, yellow-green below; primary lateral veins weakly sunken and concolorous above, convex and slightly paler below, especially in lower 1/2 near midrib; minor veins moderately obscure, etched above, distinct and flat below; lower surface appearing purplish; INFLORESCENCE 1 per axil, erect, green; peduncle 10–26 cm long, green finely striate; spathe green to pale green with whitish margins and red-purple dots on the back, rarely white outside, greenish white inside in the upper part fading to purple-red in tube inside; spadix 11–17.5 cm long; staminate portion 8– 4.5 cm long; pistillate portion 3.5–8 cm long, the sterile protion averaging 2 cm long; pistils pale green to white with stigma red, stamens yellow. INFRUCTESCENCE white at maturity; berries white to orange in fruit, sometimes bright yellow-green to green with small brown spots.