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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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