Didi (Schismatoglottis calyptrata)

Didi (Schismatoglottis calyptrata) is a species of plant in the Araceae, herbaceous stolon or clumps, erect, cylindrical stalks, 15-60 cm high, green and has a very high diversity.

S. calyptrata has heart-shaped or arrow-shaped or elongated leaves with a plain green color or has a white or gray plot of white or gray dots encircling a central vein.



The inflorescences have a strong aroma, the flower stalks are erect and then dangle when anthesis, has a sheath, the top is bulging, yellowish green or white and sheds when ripe. Didi grows to form colonies on forest floors, slopes, agricultural land, roadsides and abandoned lands in the shade.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Schismatoglottideae
Genus: Schismatoglottis Zoll. & Moritzi in A.Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java: 83 (1846)
Species: Schismatoglottis calyptrata (Roxb.) Zoll. & Moritzi in A.Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java: 83 (1846)
Variety: Schismatoglottis calyptrata var. calyptrata, Schismatoglottis calyptrata var. ornata Ridl. ex Engl., Schismatoglottis calyptrata var. celebica Koord.
Form: Schismatoglottis calyptrata f. grandifolia Engl., Schismatoglottis calyptrata f. minor Engl., Schismatoglottis calyptrata f. multimarginata Alderw.

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Calla calyptrata Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 514 (1832)
Homalomena calyptrata (Roxb.) Kunth in Enum. Pl. 3: 57 (1841)
Zantedeschia calyptrata (Roxb.) K.Koch in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 9 (1855)

PUBLICATIONS

Boyce, P.C., Sookchaloem, D., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Gusman, G., Jacobsen, N., Idei, T. & Nguyen, V.D. (2012). Flora of Thailand 11(2): 101-325. The

Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kurniawan, A., Adjie, B. & Boyce, P.C. (2011). Studies on the Araceae of Sulawesi I: New taxa of Schismatoglottis and Homalomena, and a preliminary checklist and keys for Sulawesi. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 61: 40-50.

Mansor, M., Boyce, P.C., Othman, A.S. & Sulaiman, B. (2012). The Araceae of peninsular Malaysia: 1-146. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

VERNACULAR NAME

English: Didi
Indonesia: Didi
Java: Didi

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