Araceae
Dracontium L.
Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Genus Parent: Araceae Status: Valid
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Terrestrial herbs to 1 m tall.
Leaves: Leaf deeply lobed, annual, losing the leaf after fruiting. Petiole very large, emerging from the soil, brown with variegation, seeming like the skin of a snake. Veins anastomosing.
Reproductive Morphology
Inflorescence: Many species have inflorescences with fetid odor during anthesis.
Flowers: Spathe brown covering the spadix.
Infructescence: Infructescence green, emerging from the soil. Infructescence seemingly syncarpous, forming a compact structure, each fruit conical, mesocarp transparent white, sticky.
Seeds: Seeds 1-2 per fruit.
Other
Distribution: Brazil and Peru.