| Author: | Henri
Ernest Baillon,
1883 |
| Family: |
ARACEAE |
| Origin: |
Angola,
Cameroon, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa,
Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
| Soil: |
Rich |
| Water:
|
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
3
Centimetres |
| Height: |
70
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White - Pale
Pink |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Spotted-Leaved White Arum, White Spotted Calla Lily |
| Synonyms: |
Arodes
albomaculatum, Kuntze.
Richardia albomaculata Hooker, 1859.
Richardia hastata
Hook. 1860.
Richardia angustiloba Schott, 1865.
Zantedeschia angustiloba Engl. 1883.
Zantedeschia
hastata Engl. 1883.
Zantedeschia albomaculata subsp. macrocarpa,
Letty. |
This member of the Araceae family was
given this name
by Henri Ernest Baillon in 1883. It is found in
southern Africa, growing in
a rich soil with lots of water and some sun. The rhizomes will grow to
three centimetres in diameter, the whole plant will grow to 70
centimetres height. The flowers are from white to pale pink.
The genera name after Francesco
Zantedeschi, an Italian botanist. The species name means 'white
spotted'.
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