Tacca palmatifìda

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Tacca palmatifìda

Description

Leaves 1-3(-4?), roundish-cordate in outline, palmatifid, 12-35 by 18-50 cm, base attenuate; Inflorescences (1-) 3-4, up to 25-flowered; Flowers 15-17 by 12-15 mm; Stamens: Ovary 5-6 by 3-4 mm; Fruit ellipsoid to obovoid, 2.2-3 by 1 by 1 cm, pericarp 1 mm thick. Seeds ∞, ovoid to ellipsoid, 2-3 by 1-1.5 by 1-1.5 mm, 11-13-ribbed.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Sulawesi (Sulawesi present)
Malesia: throughout Celebes. .

Citation

LIMPR. 1928 – In: Pfl. R.: 30
DRENTH 1972: p. 403. – In: Blumea: pl. 3, f. 26-28
Merr. 1926 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: 357
LIMPR. 1902: Inaug. Diss. Breslau: 58