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(Last Modified On 10/31/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/31/2012)
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Species
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PHILODENDRON VERRUCOSUM Mathieu
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PlaceOfPublication
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Cat. 1854, ex Schott, Syn. Aroid. 85. 1856.
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Description
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Plants usually terrestrial but said to be sometimes epiphytic, the caudex 2 cm. or less in diameter; cataphylls large, oblong, pink, ob- tuse, setose, 5-8 cm. long; petioles stout, terete or subangulate, 10-18 cm. long, dark red, cov- ered everywhere with long soft scales or setae; blades herbaceous, broadly ovate- cordate, 15-45 cm. long, 10-30 cm. wide, acuminate, very deeply cordate at the base, with a narrow sinus, the lobes broadly rounded, glabrous, green above and usually with a metallic luster, somewhat paler beneath and often purplish, the primary lateral nerves 4-5 on each side; peduncles 10-20 cm. long, 1 cm. thick, densely setose; spathe 7-11 cm. long, densely setose outside, greenish outside, purplish or whitish within, acute; spadix sessile, the pistillate portion pale, oblong, 4-5 cm. long or in fruit as much as 7 cm. and 2-3 cm. thick, the staminate por- tion whitish, 6-7 cm. long; pistils cylindric, 4- or 5-celled; berries whitish or pale yellowish, narrowly cylindric, almost 1 cm. long.
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Distribution
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Dense, wet forest, usually at 1,000 meters or less but in Costa Rica ascending sometimes to 1,400 meters, Costa Rica to Colombia.
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Elevation
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1,000 meters or less
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Old Bank Island, Chiriqui Lagoon, Wcdel I923; Tsaki, 200 m., Toiduz 95I2 (fide Engler & Krause).
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Note
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The leaves are handsome because of the deep, velvety green of the upper sur- face which often has a somewhat metallic' sheen. Because of its handsome foliage, the species is sometimes cultivated in Europe, and probably also in hot-houses of the United States. Among all Central American Araceae it may be recognized at once by the densely setose petioles. Illustrated, Pflanzenreich IV. 23Db:75.
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