Homalomena gillii Furtado

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 950-951

Homalomena gillii Furtado

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Material examined. MALAYSIA – Pantai Barat • Penampang, Crocker Range Forest Reserve, Kg Kibunut ; 05°56′12″N, 116°14′08″E; 16 May 2011; Leong et al. PL 490 ( SAN, SING) .

Identification. Erect to creeping herb. Petiole length variable, shorter or longer than the leaf blade, 5–15 cm long, sheathing up to halfway. Leaf blade usually leathery, oblong, ovate to obovate-lanceolate, to elliptic, sometimes somewhat falcate, the base acute to obtuse, blades 9–20 cm long, 2.5–6 cm wide, primary lateral veins 6–9 per side, alternating with an equal number of slender interprimaries. Peduncle 4–8 cm long, slen- der, shorter than the petiole, rarely sub-equaling petiole.

Spathe ovate, the tip abruptly and strongly attenuatecuspidate, lower spathe 1–1.5 cm long, 8–12 mm wide, spathe limb ca. 3 cm long, 3–5 mm wide. Spadix subequaling the spathe, subsessile pistillate zone 8–12 mm long, about three times long than wide, 3 cm long, the top 3–4 mm wide. Furtado (1939).

Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Sabah. Found growing on granite at low elevations.