| Arisaema tortuosum | |
|---|---|
| Arisaema tortuosum near Purandar fort, Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Aroideae |
| Tribe: | Arisaemateae |
| Genus: | Arisaema |
| Species: | A. tortuosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Arisaema tortuosum (Wall.) Schott |
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Arisaema tortuosum (Whipcord Cobra Lily) is a plant species in the family Araceae.[1] It has a distinctive purple or green whip-like spadix which arises from the mouth of its "jack-in the-pulpit" flower and may be up to 30 cm long.[1] Flowers may be male or bisexual.[2] The clustered fruits are green at first, ripening to red.[2] The plant grows in large clumps and can be up to 2 metres in height.[1]
It occurs in rhododendron forest, scrub and alpine meadows in the Himalayas, western China, southern India and Myanmar.[1]
The species is readily propagated from seed or offsets.[2]