Homalomena occulta (Araceae)
Rhizome creeping; terminal part of stem erect, 30–50cm tall; cataphylls and prophylls linear-lanceolate, 15–16 × ca. 2.5cm. Petiole 25–40cm, proximal part with 2–5 mm wide sheath; leaf blade sagittate-cordate, 15–30 × (8–)15–28cm or usually more; primary veins 7 per side, 2–4 of these basal, downward to basal lobes and then arching into leaf margin, secondary and tertiary ones thinner, numerous. Inflorescences 1–3 together; peduncle shorter than petioles, 10–15cm. Spathe pale green, oblong or elliptic, 5–6.5 × 3–3.2cm, fusiform before anthesis, distal part slightly spreading and shortly boat-shaped at anthesis, 5–6cm wide when spread out completely, apex with a beak ca. 1cm. Spadix sessile or shortly stipitate, 3–5cm; female zone 1–1.5cm × 4–5mm; ovary oblong, 3-loculed, with 1 staminode at side of base; ovules numerous; placentation axile; stigma disciform; male zone 2–3cm × 3–4mm. Seeds brown, oblong.
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
Dense valley forests, bamboo forests, mountain shrub forests.
The aromatic rhizomes are used medicinally to treat traumatic injuries, fractures, stomach aches, lumbago, intestinal parasites, and rheumatic arthralgia.
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.