Protologue: Rumphia 1 (1837): 143 Synonyms: Amorphophallus blumei (Schott) Engl. [illegitimate]; Amorphophallus burmanicus Hook. f.; Amorphophallus carnosus Engl.; Amorphophallus erubescens Hett.; Amorphophallus oncophyllus Prain ex Hook. f.; Amorphophallus planus Teijsm. & Binn.; Amorphophallus timorensis Alderw.; Amorphophallus muelleri (Blume) Schott; Conophallus blumei Schott [illegitimate]; Conophallus muelleri (Blume) Miq.; Conophallus planus (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. Description: Tuber…

Protologue: Rumphia 1 (1837): 146 Synonym: Amorphophallus variabilis var. cuspidifoliolatus Engl. & Gehrm.; Amorphophallus variabilis var. immaculatus Hassk.; Amorphophallus zeylanicus Engl.; Arum caeruleopunctatum Zipp. ex Kunth; Arum stercorarium Zipp. ex Kunth; Brachyspatha variabilis (Blume) Schott Description: Tuber depressed globose, to c. 15 cm in diam., to c. 8 cm high, weighing to c. 1500 gr.,…

Gowok fruit, or often called kupa fruit or kepa fruit is believed to be native to Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. The gowok fruit has spread naturally from Java to Kalimantan. This fruit is also often called gowak, kupa, dompyong in Java, and kaliasem in Bali. Plants from the fruit of the gowok or Syzygium polycephalum…

Salacca affinis, also known as red salak, red salak, red salak, ridan fruit, ridan fruit, linsum, forest salak, manau fruit, kelubi, rattan fruit, and ridan, is a flowering shrub in the Arecaceae family. The particular epithet (affinis) comes from the Latin “ad fin”, meaning “at the limit”, and refers to its resemblance to the congener…

Amorphophallus sagittarius Steenis Protologue: Acta. Bot. Neerl. 2, 3 (1953): 302 Synonym: – Description: Tuber subglobose, yellowish brown, c. 6 cm in diam., 4-5 cm high, weighing to c. 120 gr., no offsets but gradually desintegrating into new tubers, accessory buds in slightly raised groups. Leaf solitary. Petiole smooth, slender, turgid, 30-40 cm long, c.…