Amorphophallus lambii Mayo & Widjaja

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 943-945

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.931
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03954319-FFED-4E24-7130-F8AD8425CA11
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Amorphophallus lambii Mayo & Widjaja
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Treatment

Amorphophallus lambii Mayo & Widjaja View in CoL

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Material examined. MALAYSIA – Pedalaman • Tenom ; 600 m elev.; 11 June 1980; A. Lamb s.n. ( SAN) • locality unknown; 4 May 1984; A. Lamb s.n. ( SAN) .

Identification. Amorphophallus lambii has a rather

long flowering period in cultivation which may last over a week. It produces a distinct urine scent. The berries are eaten by Bulbuls ( Pycnonotus zeylanicus Gmelin ) as soon as they become ripe and turn red. Infructescences are therefore always found to contain only orange, slightly unripe berries and a naked upper infructescence axis ( Hetterscheid and Ittenbach 1996).

Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Sabah. Found in Tenom, Ranau, and Crocker Range National Park. In shaded conditions in rubber plantations, cleared land, along riverbanks and in relict fragments of lowland rainforest, on rich alluvial soils, ca. 200 m elev.