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Aroids Partly documented

Anchomanes abbreviatus

A tuberous East African aroid from coastal and lowland forest and thicket. It sends up a single large, divided leaf on a prickly stalk each rainy season. Grow it warm, humid and shaded while in leaf, and keep the tuber nearly dry when the leaf dies back.

Anchomanes abbreviatus
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Found in the lowland and coastal forests of Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique, including the Eastern Arc foothills. It grows in the understory and in thickets on deep, humus-rich soil.

Recorded at 10 to 800 m, median 300 m.

KenyaMozambiqueTanzania

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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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 2.0 licence, unmodified.