Aglaonema pumilum Hook.f.

Small, decumbent to creeping (?), evergreen herb, to 15 cm. Stem decumbent, often reddish, 0.3–0.5 cm thick. Leaves several together interspersed with conspicuous brown papery 3–4 cm cataphylls; petioles 3.5–7 cm; petiolar sheaths 1–3.5 cm long; leaf blade ovate to lanceolate, 8–13.2 × 2.3–5.2 cm, base unequal, usually rounded, obtuse to truncate, apex gradually acuminate; primary lateral venation not or only weakly differentiated, with 3–4 veins per side, variegation absent or ashy–blotched on the upper leaf surface. Inflorescence solitary; peduncle 3–5 cm long, often equalling the petiole; spathe ovate, 2–4.5 × 1–1.5 cm, decurrent for 0.4–1.0 cm; spadix thin-cylindrical, 1.5–2.0 cm long, briefly stipitate; stipe ca 2 mm; pistillate flower zone 2–4 mm with ca 5 flowers; staminate flower zone 1–1.7 cm × 2–3 mm, white; fruits ellipsoid, 1–1.5 × 0.5–0.8 cm.