Synonyms: Arum bulbiferum Roxb.
Group: Monocot
Family: Araceae - Arum family
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Herb
Bangla/Vernacular Name: Ol, Olkachu.
Tribal Name: Muraylla owl kanchu (Chakma), Engeiyea (Khumi), Krang shi Agong (Marma), Bulung batima (Tripura).
An annual herb with large, depressed-globose, much-warted tubers. Leaves solitary, 3-partite, segments pinnatisect, appearing long after the flowers. Spathe 15-23 cm across. Spadix very stout; female inflorescence cylindric, male subturbinate, appendage dark-purple. Berries ovoid.
Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Bl.
Throughout the Bangladesh.
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