Hapaline locii V.D.Nguyen & Croat

Herbaceous plant 15-25 cm tall. STEM tuberous-rhizomatous, 1.5-2 x 0.4-0.5 cm. LEAVES 2-3; lamina entire, elliptic to lanceolate, sometime ovate, 7-14 x 3.5-7 cm, base rounded to cordate or with triangular lobes directed outward in the form of a "V", sometime overlapping in juvenile phase, rarely parallel, apex acute to cuspidate, (acumen 7-12 mm long); primary lateral veins 3, angled from midrib at an angle of 60-90", collective veins 3-7 mm from the margin, the minor veins conspicuous; petioles slender, 6-28 cm long. INFLORESCENCES 2-3, fragrant; peduncle slender, longer than petiole, 14-19 x 0.15-0.2 cm, dull light green except light purple at apex; spathe 4.5-7 cm long, dull light green outside, whitish inside; spathe tube 12-25 x 2-2.5 mm, covering all of female portion; spathe lime-green elliptic to elongate lanceolate, 4-5 x 1.0-1.2 cm, acute at apex, acumen short, 0.5-1 cm. SPADIX slender, longer than spathe, 5-8 cm long; female portion 1.5-2 cm long, bearing 8-10 ovaries arranged in 2 alternating rows, scattered; male portion cylindrical, ca. 2.2-4 x 0.3 cm synandrodes distant, upper part conical to subulate, sterile (infertile) portion formed by the sterile half of the terminal synandrodes. Ovaries bottle-shaped, irregularly shaped, 2 mm long, 1-1.2 mm wide; stigmas sessile, discoid-shape, much smaller than the ovary, protruded and penicillate on the surface. Synandrodes elongate boat-shaped, inflated, obtuse at apex, 4-6 mm long, 1.2-1.5 mm wide, sometimes 2 cm long with only the lower part fertile at apex, upper part a sterile appendage.