Araceae
Voodoo lily
Sauromatum venosum
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Sauromatum
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 斑龙芋, 斑龍芋
- English
- Voodoo lily
- German
- Eidechsenwurz, Sauromatum, Wunderknolle
- Hindi
- तेलिया कन्द
- Swedish
- Ödlekalla, Mexikansk underblomma, Stinkblomma
Synonyms
- Alocasia pedata (Link & Otto) Raf.
- Arisaema venosum (Aiton) Blume
- Arum clavatum Desf.
- Arum fugax Salisb.
- Arum guttatum Wall.
- Arum pedatum Link & Otto
- Arum pedatum Fisch. ex Spreng.
- Arum pedatum Willd.
- Arum sessiliflorum Roxb.
- Arum simlense Engl.
- Arum venosum Aiton
- Desmesia venosa (Aiton) Raf.
- Jaimenostia fernandopoana Guinea & Gómez Mor.
- Sauromatum abyssinicum Schott
- Sauromatum angolense N.E.Br.
- Sauromatum guttatum Schott
- Sauromatum guttatum var. pedatum (Link & Otto) Engl.
- Sauromatum guttatum var. pulchrum (Miq.) Engl.
- Sauromatum guttatum var. punctatum (K.Koch) Engl.
- Sauromatum guttatum var. sessiliflorum (Roxb.) Engl.
- Sauromatum guttatum var. simlense (Schott) Engl.
- Sauromatum guttatum var. venosum (Aiton) Engl.
- Sauromatum nervosum Mottet
- Sauromatum nubicum Schott
- Sauromatum nubicum var. angolense (N.E.Br.) Engl.
- Sauromatum pedatum (Link & Otto) Schott
- Sauromatum pulchrum Miq.
- Sauromatum punctatum K.Koch
- Sauromatum sessiliflorum (Roxb.) Kunth
- Sauromatum simlense Schott
- Typhonium venosum (Aiton) Hett. & P.C.Boyce
Flowers
- In flower
- March (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FruitPhoto: Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gere72, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Robert Wild, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Kenrick Gibson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gere72, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: NATYA PASHYA, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gere72, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: princethakur, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: princethakur, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.