Family: Araceae
Synonym: Amorphophallus giganteus Blume
Vernacular
name: Chena, Kattuchena
Habit: Herb
Habitat: It grows as wild in moist
deciduous forests and also cultivated in some part of the state
Distribution: India, Sri Lanka and Pacific
Islands
Flowering
and Fruiting:
May-June
Key identification features: This plant
is a perennial herb
characterized by a corm which
has a depressed globose shape
and features tubercles. Inside, it is pale pink. The lamina is ovate and decurrent at the base into a wing toward the
petiole. Flowers appear on the lower half of the spadix. The berry is oblong, orange-red, and
glabrous.
Uses: Cooked as vegetable. Used for
anaemia, constipation etc
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