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Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites

Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.

Armed leaf petiole. Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites. Araceae. CN: [Malay - Geli-geli, Gegeli, Gelia, Bekil; Indonesia - Ngamling, Sabbeng, Sampi], Unicorn plant. Native to China, Taiwan, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea). Stem up to ca 4 cm thick, creeping and upturning with persistent sheath up to ca 20 cm, aculeate. Leaf blade entire, sagittate or pinnatifid with aculei along veins on the lower surface. Anterior lobe 45 x 35 cm; posterior lobe 25 x 10 cm. Peduncle 75 cm, aculeate. Spathe coriaceous, green brown to purplish 55 cm long, slightly twisted, flexing open in lower 7 cm to expose spadix. Spadix ca 5 x 1 cm pinkish, turning tan. Fruit leathery, warty on top. Shoots eaten as lesser vegetable and has been claimed as appetizer; folk medicine. Also used by Malays for relieving hemorrhoid. Other traditional prescriptions of the species include for colic, stomachache, antihelminthic, asthma, bronchitis, cough and many more.

Synonym(s):
Dracontium spinosum L. (basionym)
Lasia aculeata Lour.
Dracontium spinosum L.
Lasia aculeata Lour.
Lasia crassifolia Engl.
Lasia crassifolia f. angustisecta Engl.
Lasia crassifolia f. latisecta Engl.
Lasia desciscens Schott
Lasia hermannii Schott
Lasia heterophylla (Roxb.) Schott
Lasia jenkinsii Schott
Lasia loureiroi Schott [Illegitimate]
Lasia roxburghii Griff.
Lasia zollingeri Schott
Pothos heterophyllus Roxb.
Pothos lasia Roxb.
Pothos spinosus (L.) Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.

Ref and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-108423
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?21512
www.globinmed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=a...
www.sljol.info/index.php/VJS/article/view/1530
gardeningwithwilson.com/2010/12/21/the-prickly-lasia-spin...

Taken on: September 11, 2017

Tags:

Lasia spinosa

Araceae

Gegeli

Gelia

Bekil

Ngamling

Sabbeng

Sampi

Unicorn plant « less

Sets appears in: • Kedah - Rojak 01 • Araceae

Camera: Olympus TG-4, f/2.3, 1/125 sec, 5.5mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

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Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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