Habit : A small perennial herb, with tuberous globose corm.
Leaves : Radical, larger, peltate, Dark green or pale-greenish-yellow, glabrous, cordate or sagittate with a large basal stem, petioles stout, sheathing.
Inflorescence : Spadix
Flowers :
Spathes 25-40 cm long, pale-yellow or creamy-yellow, glabrous.
Spadix shorter than spathes.
Male flowers above, neuters in the middle, females below, spathe boat-shaped, caudate-acuminate, erect; pale yellow, wide open, spadix with a long appendage.
Male anthers closely packed, stamens 3-8, ovaries 1-celled, ovules many on 5 parietal placenta, stigmas sessile.
Fruit : Berries several, small, reddish-yellow or orange, angular.
Flowering and fruiting Time : August - October
Significance : It is extensively cultivated everywhere for its edible corms, leaves and fruits.
