Montrichardia arborescens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Montrichardia
- Species
- Montrichardia arborescens
- Scientific Name
- Montrichardia arborescens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Montrichardia arborescens
Montrichardia arborescens, the yautia madera, or moco-moco, is a tropical plant grows along river banks, swamps, or creeks to a maximum height of 9'. They consist of arrow shaped leaves that are food sources for animal species. The plant produces inflorescences which then leave a fruit of Montrichardia arborescens which is edible and can be cooked. Its fruiting spadices produces large infructescences, which contain about 80 edible yellow fruits.
...Montrichardia arborescens in languages:
- English
- yautia madera
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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