About stemona
Stemona tuberosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Stemonaceae. Hornets play an important role in seed dispersal by biting off the seed with its elaiosome and then carrying the seed away for about 100 m. There they chew off the elaiosome and abandon the seed which is likely to be taken by ants into their nest.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Stemona tuberosa
- Genus
- Stemona
- Family
- STEMONACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Open forests
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Indo-China, South China, Malesia, Papua New Guinea
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കരുവിലാഞ്ചി
Botanical family
Stemonaceae
Stemona Family
stemona belongs to the Stemonaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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