Xanthosoma Schott

Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. (2005) A Tropical Garden Flora; plants cultivated in the Hawaiian islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs, with rhizomes or tubers; latex milky. Leaves petiole sheathed at base, blades arrow-shaped. Inflorescence one to several per axil, shorter than leaves, spathe constricted, tube edges overlapping at base; spathe blade boat-shaped, usually white, deciduous; spadix in sections, green to bright orange. Fruit cylindric with many seeds.

Worldwide: About 45 species native to the New World tropics.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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sagittifolium (L.) Schott

Other sources of information about Xanthosoma:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Xanthosoma
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Xanthosoma
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Xanthosoma
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Xanthosoma
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Xanthosoma
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Xanthosoma
JSTOR Plant Science: Xanthosoma
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Xanthosoma
Plants of the World Online: Xanthosoma
Tropicos: Xanthosoma
Wikipedia: Xanthosoma

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Xanthosoma.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1661, retrieved 28 March 2024

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