| Accepted name: |
Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Dracontium foetidum L.
-Spathyema foetida (L.) Raf.
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| English names: |
Eastern Skunk-cabbage
Skunk-cabbage
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| French names: |
Symplocarpe fétide
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arales
Family: Araceae
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| OPL Code: |
HSYMFO
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
nfusion of roots used for whooping cough. Poultice of crushed leaves applied for pain. Leaves chewed by epileptics(*28)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
