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Photo by Mireille Riesenbeck.


Photo by Mireille Riesenbeck.


Photo by Mireille Riesenbeck.

Author:  W. Hetterscheid & P. Boyce, 2000
Family:  ARACEAE
Origin:  Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tibet, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaďre
Soil:  Rich - Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Minimum - Medium
Thickness:  10-25 Centimetres
Height:  80-120 Centimetres
Flower:  Brown / Brownish
Propagate:  Seeds/Bulbs
Names:  Voodoo Lily, India Voodoo Lily, Monarch-of-the-East
Synonyms:  Alocasia pedata, Raf.
Arum venosum
, Aiton, 1789.
Arum fugax
, Salisb. 1796. 
Arum guttatum
, Salisb.1796.
Arum pedatum
, Willd. 1814.
Arisaema guttatum
, Wall.1831.
Arum guttatum
, Wall.1831.
Arum sessiliflorum
, Roxb. 1832.
Sauromatum pedatum
, Schott, 1832.
Sauromatum guttatum
, Schott 1832.
Arisaema venosum
, Blume 1836.
Desmesia venosum
, Raf. 1837.
Mainly known as:
Sauromatum venosum, Karl Sigismund Kunth, 1841.
Sauromatum abyssinicum
, Schott 1856.
Sauromatum nubicum
, Schott, 1856.
Sauromatum punctatum
, K. Koch, 1858.
Sauromatum simlense
, Schott, 1858.
Sauromatum pulchrum
, Miq. 1864.
Sauromatum angolense
, N.E. Br. 1901.
Jaimenostia fernandopoana
, Guinea & Gómez Mor. 1946.
- and a few more...

This member of the Araceae family was given this name by W.L.A. Hetterscheid and Peter Charles Boyce in 2000. It is found from the central tropical Africa through southern Arabia and Asia throughout China. It is not picky, but will prefer a well drained but rich soil with some water and little to some sun. The usual single, hand shaped leaf grow to 80 centimetres height, the inflorescence to 120 centimetres. The caudex can grow to 25 centimetres in diameter.

The genera name means 'smoky, dull'. The genera name means 'with veins'.