| Araceae, aka: spoon vegetables, bulk ginseng. Perennial herb, 35 to 60 cm. Tubers nearly spherical or flat spherical diameter of about 2.5 cm above the fibrous radial distribution. Leaves a bird-like lobed toes, lobes 5 (annual lobes 3), obovate or broad obovate, 11 to 15 cm wide, 6-8 cm, base cuneate, margin entire or irregular teeth. Peduncle length of 20 to 40 cm, lower than the leaves; spathe a total length of 11 to 14 cm, the lower cylindrical, _truncate_d rim, green or purplish; rachis apex clavate appendages. Berry red. Flowering from July to August. Growing in damp shady understory more. Distribution of Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Jiangxi, Hubei, Sichuan and other places. |