Arisaema yamatense




Family Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Arisaemateae
Scientific name Arisaema yamatense (Nakai) Nakai
Synonyms Arisaema japonicum Blume var. yamatense Nakai; Arisaema sugimotoi Nakai; Arisaema yamatense (Nakai) Nakai var. integra Nakai; Arisaema yamatense (Nakai) Nakai var. intermedium Sugimoto
Common name (Japanese common name) murou-tennanshou (ムロウテンナンショウ, 室生天南星 [meaning: Murou Arisaema (Murou = a moountane area in Nara Prefecture in Honshu)]), murou-mamushi-gusa (ムロウマムシグサ, 室生蝮草 [meaning: Murou mamushi weed (mamushi = Gloydius blomhoffii)])
(English common name) none
Habitat Mountane forest or forest edge
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (Fukui Prefecture, Kinki region)
(Other nations) none
Chromosomal number 2n=28
Description Plants 25-100cm tall. Leaves 2, palmetaly divided into 9-17 leaflets, each 5.5-25cm long. Flowers single spathe, green (or merely brown), 13-28cm long, flowering in April to May. Perennial plants.
Reference International Ariod Society: The Arisaema Species



April 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden
April 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden
April 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden



April 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden