AraceaeArum or Calla family |
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| FORM Terrestrial or rarely aquatic. Herbaceous (wet in temperate zone) Many contain calcium oxalate crystals making their sap acrid.
Genera 115 Species 2000 in our area 10 (Gray) 8 (B&B) Distribution Mainly in the tropics, temperate Flowers Flowers bisexual or unisexual, spadix often subtended by a large showy spathe.often have an offensive scent, borne on spadix. Fruit a berry. #Parts perianth absent in unisexual flowers, 2-8 stamens Symmetry Leaves Leaves alternate, simple or compound.basal clump growing from rhizome |
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| Early family, all with a fleshy root, several have offensive odors. Small flowers born on a cylindrical or club shaped stem called a spadix. | ||||||||||