Arisaema monophyllum




Family Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Arisaemateae
Scientific name Arisaema monophyllum Nakai
Synonyms none
Common name (Japanese common name) hitotsu-ba ten-nan-shou (ヒトツバテンナンショウ, 一葉天南星 [meaning: single leaf ten-nan-shou (ten-nan-shou = a kind of traditional Chinese medicine)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (north of Central Region)
(Other nations) none
Habitat Mountane forest
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants ca. 30-60cm tall. Leaves single (merely 2), 7-9 leaflets. Flowers green (with single dark brown stripe) spathes ca. 8-15cm long, flowering in April to June. Perennial plants.
Reference Arisaema monophyllum Nakai



April 2009
at mountane forest
April 2009
at mountane forest
April 2009
at mountane forest



April 2009
at mountane forest
April 2009
at mountane forest
April 2009
at mountane forest