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| Family | Araceae |
| Subamily | Aroideae |
| Tribe | Areae |
| Scientific name | Typhonium blumei Nicolson & M.Sivadasan |
| Synonyms | Typhonium divaricatum auct., non (L.) Decaisne nor Blume |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) ryukyu-hange (リュウキュウハンゲ, 琉球半夏 [meaning: Okinawa hange (hange = a traditional Chinese medicine)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Ogasawara Islands, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, SE Asia, Marianas, Caroline Islands, Comoro Archipelago, India, Madagascar, Mauritius, Ghana, South Africa, Cuba, Windward Islands, Surinam | |
| Habitat | Forest |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=52 |
| Description | Leaves 3-5, 5-15cm long, 5-10cm wide. Flowers dark red 8-15cm long, flowring in May to September. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Typhonium blumei Nicolson & Sivad. |
| The genus Typhonium (Araceae) in Taiwan | |
| Phylogeny of Typhonium (Araceae) inferred from restriction fragment analysis of chloroplast DNA |
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