Edible: Leaves, Roots, Fruit, Flowers, Leaf stalk, Rhizome
A big leafy herb. It often has a creeping rhizome. It grows to 40-120 cm high. The stems are thorny. Leaves grow out of the ground. They are sword shaped or with lobes extending three-quarters of the way to the midrib. The leaves are thorny along the veins. Leaves are 30-45 cm long and 25 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 25-50 cm long. Leaves are medium green. The leaf like structure around the flower is twisted and opens out only at the base. It is 15-30 cm long and brown. The flowers occur tightly together without flower stalks. The flowers have both sexes. They are like a cylinder and 2-3 cm long by 7.5 mm wide. They increase to three times this size. The fruit is green, fleshy and spiny. It is composed of a berry which is oval and has a sharp point at the top. It is 1 cm long. The seed are 5 mm long and 3.5 mm wide.
A big leafy herb. It often has a creeping rhizome. It grows to 40-120 cm high. The stems are thorny. Leaves grow out of the ground. They are sword shaped or with lobes extending three-quarters of the way to the midrib. The leaves are thorny along the veins. Leaves are 30-45 cm long and 25 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 25-50 cm long. Leaves are medium green. The leaf like structure around the flower is twisted and opens out only at the base. It is 15-30 cm long and brown. The flowers occur tightly together without flower stalks. The flowers have both sexes. They are like a cylinder and 2-3 cm long by 7.5 mm wide. They increase to three times this size. The fruit is green, fleshy and spiny. It is composed of a berry which is oval and has a sharp point at the top. It is 1 cm long. The seed are 5 mm long and 3.5 mm wide.
Common Names: Lasia, Livid flower, Unicorn plant, Asi ange, Bob nam, Changhrat, Chengmora, Chibru, Choc gai, Chonggi, Chusot, Gali-gali, Gegeli, Geli-geli, Golonta, Gongal-kanda, Hamwey, Henru ehong, Hotuplo, Janum saru, Jokha, Kanta kachoramu, Kanta kachu, Kanta saru, Kata kachu, Kattosh, Kebeibua, Kohila, Kohowila, Laksmana, Mop, Mulasari, Nchew, Neerugaddalu, Ngambing, Nhaam, Pachak, Pak naam, Pak-nam, Palang, Phak haam, Phak naam, Rashia supinosa, Rau gai, Ray gai, Sambeng, Sampi, Seng mora, Shidabu, Shir gantha, Sibru, Sor vi, Thatha khlao, Thwaites sampi, Unikon, Yang dou, Zayit
Synonyms:
Dracontium spinosum Linnaeus;
Lasia aculeata Lour.;
Lasia crassifolia Engl.;
Lasia descuscens Schott;
Lasia hermannii Schott;
Lasia heterophylla (Roxb.) Schott;
Lasia jenkinsii Schott;
Lasia roxburghii Griff.;
Lasia zollingeri Schott;
Pothos heterophyllus Roxb.;
Pothos lasia Roxb.;
Pothos spinosus (L.) Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.;
Lasia macrophylla Schott.; ?