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Niah Suai, Sarawak, Malaysia
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A pondweed widespread in temperate parts of the world, including here in Patagonia.
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Family: AponogetonaceaeDistribution:Tropical Asia and AustraliaCommon in ponds and ditches.Submerged aquatic herbs. tubers globose, Leaves 3-11x 1-2.5cm, linear oblong, base cordate, petioles 10-20cm long. Flowers 3-4mm across, pink/violet 4-5mm across, on dense spikes, peduncles 10-30cm long, Boiled tubers are eaten.Reference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao
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This species, with the unusual leaf shape, seems largely confined to Ecuador. Photo from Wildsumaco Reserve.
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The large leaf of this species, which is reported from several localities in the northern Neotropics.
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Granada, Nicaragua
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This species has an extremely long spadix (up to 81 cm) and dark, almost black, spathe 29 cm long. The entire inflorescence stands about 160 cm tall. Mecufi District of Northern Mozambique. Not typical for the original description is the colour of the outer surface of the spathe, blackish.
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Sarawak, Malaysia
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Victoria, Sud-Ouest, Cameroon
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Cayenne, French Guiana
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This species is fairly widespread, but rare. It is here at Summit Park in Panama, likely planted. Unusual for a philodendron, it is a creeper, not a climber.
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Grows in dark evergreen forest as undergrowth. A tuberous plant of the Araceae family.
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Glyfada, Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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San Blas Islands, Panama
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Mulu Airport, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Toro Amarillo, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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Fruiting structures of the giant Oreja de Elefante.
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Known as the Devil's Ivy. Photo from Malaysian Borneo.
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Native to the northern Neotropics. Photo from the Omaere Etnobotanical garden, Puyo, Ecuador.