Eminium spiculatum
Eminium spiculatum is a species of plant in the family Araceae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Eminium |
| Species: | E. spiculatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Eminium spiculatum (Blume) Schott | |
Description
Perennial. Corm thick, globular. Leaves petiolate; petiole sheathing, often purplish. Limbs shorter than petioles, those of the first shoots regular, the others decomposed into secondary limbs issued at the base with one fitting into the other. Spathe with a tube equal to the lamina. The outer part of both has light background with numerous brown veins; the inner part of the lamina blackish brown or purplish, granulated. Appendix black, short.
Flowering
March–May.
Habitat
Fields, waste ground, rocks.
Distribution
Coast, middle mountain, Beqaa Valley of Lebanon.
Geographic area
Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt.
The corms of this plant are appreciated by Egyptian Bedouins, who eat them like potatoes after boiling. Some eat the seeds in times of scarcity.[1]
References
- Mustapha Nehmeh, Wild Flowers Of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research,1978, page 137.
- Georges Tohme& Henriette Tohme, Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research, Second Edition 2014.