Eminium spiculatum

Eminium spiculatum is a species of plant in the family Araceae.

Eminium spiculatum
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.

References

• Georges Tohme& Henriette Tohme, Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research, Second Edition 2014.