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Aroids Partly documented

Amorphophallus commutatus

A tuberous aroid of India's Western Ghats that grows through the heavy monsoon and sleeps through the long dry season. The inflorescence appears from the dormant tuber around the start of the rains, before the single leaf.

Amorphophallus commutatus
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Forest edges, scrub and rocky lateritic slopes on the western side of the Ghats, at low elevations near the coast. Microhabitat is inferred from the records and the genus.

Few records carry an elevation; the climate sites are at 57–172 m.

Maharashtra, IndiaGoa, IndiaKarnataka, India

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.