Amorphophallus paeoniifolius Surana Arsghna Surankand Zaminkand

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Scientific Name and Description

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (DENNST.) NICOLSON var. campanulatus (DECNE.) SIVADASAN

Herb Family

Araceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Amorphophallus campanulatus BLUME EX DECNE
Arum campanulatum ROXB.
Amorphophallus campanulatus (Roxb.) Blume ex Decne
Amorphophallus chatty Andrews
Amorphophallus decurrens (Blanco) Kunth.
Amorphophallus dixenii K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen
Amorphophallus dubius Blume
Amorphophallus gigantiflorus Hayata
Amorphophallus malaccensis Ridl.
Amorphophallus microappendiculatus Engl.
Amorphophallus rex Prain
Amorphophallus sativus Blume
Amorphophallus virosus N.E.Br.
Arum decurrens Blanco
Arum phalliferum Oken
Arum rumphii Oken
Conophallus sativus (Blume) Schott
Dracontium paeoniifolium Dennst.
Dracontium polyphyllum G.Forst.
Hydrosme gigantiflora (Hayata) S.S.Ying
Plesmonium nobile Schott
Pythion campanulatum Mart.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	alu, gandira, jamikand, jangli suran, kanda, madana masta, suran, suran-kand, zamin-kand, zaminkand,Suran
Kannada	choorana, choorana gedde, gandira, kanda gedde, suvarna-gadde
Malayalam	cena, cinapavu, karunakarang, kizhanna,Chengal
Marathi	sooran, suran
Sanskrit	alu, arsaghna, arshoghna, arsoghna, bahukanda, durnamari, kanda, kandala, kandanayaka, kandarha, kandashurana, kandi, kandula, kandvardhana, kanthalla, kunda, ola, olla, rutchyakanda, sala, sthulakandaka, sukandi, surana, suranah, suranaka, suranakanda, suvitra, tivrakantha, vajrakanda, vajrandi, vatari
Tamil	anaittantu, boomi sallaraikilangu, camattilai, cenai, cirramitakkarunai, curanam,kantai, karak karunai, karak-karunai, karakarunai, karakkaranai, karanai,karanaikkilanku, karikkarunai, karukkarunaikkilangu, karuna kalang, karunai,karunai kizhangu, karunai-k-kilanku, karunai-t-tantu, karunaikkalang, karunaikkilhangu, karunaikkishangu, karunaippala, kiccilikkizanku, malaiyalaccenaikkilanku, perunkarunai, pulikkarunai, senai kizhangu, taittiyamatanacceti, taittiyamatanam, Kachchu Kilangu
Telugu	alukamu, daradakandagadda, duladumpa, ghemikanda, kanda, kandagodda, manchi kanda, manchi-kindaguddae, manchikanda, naati kanda, oorakanda, paati kanda, poti-kunda, potikanda, thiya-kandha
Urdu	zaminqand
Nepal	Oal
Common names	Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, elephant foot yamr whitespot giant arum