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What plant is Pinellia cordata? A brief introduction to the characteristics of Pinellia cordata

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[Scientific name] Pinellia cordata [Alias] Dishuizhu [Family and genus] Araceae, Pinellia genus. Native to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou and other provinces in China. It prefers shady, humid, loose and fertile soil. It has spherical tubers and usually only 1 leaf; the leaf is heart-shaped to sagittate, green or pale purple beneath. The scape is 6-8 cm long, and the spathe is 2.5-3.5 cm long, tubular in the lower part and hooded in the upper part; the spadix bears female flowers in the lower part, appressed to the spathe, and male flowers in the upper part, with the two

[Scientific name] Pinellia cordata

[Alias] Dishuizhu

[Family and genus] Araceae, Pinellia genus

Native to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou and other provinces in China. It prefers shady, humid, loose and fertile soil. It has spherical tubers and usually only 1 leaf; the leaf is heart-shaped to sagittate, green or pale purple beneath. The scape is 6-8 cm long, and the spathe is 2.5-3.5 cm long, tubular in the lower part and hooded in the upper part; the spadix bears female flowers in the lower part, appressed to the spathe, and male flowers in the upper part, with a sterile section separating the two, and a slender, long appendage at the tip. Propagated by division or bulbils. It can be potted to decorate guest rooms and halls.

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