Araceae FAMILY

Arisaema erubescens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Arisaema erubescens is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a tuber that is usually renewed seasonally. The plant produces a usually solitary leaf up to 100cm tall and a flowering stem up to 75cm tall. The tuber also produces some tubercles around its base - these become separated from the old tuber at the end of the season, growing on in subsequent years to form new plants[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plants are harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Nepal

HabitatPinus forests, mixed forests, thickets, grassy slopes, lakesides, between rocks; at elevations up to 3,200 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].