Family: Araceae

Description: 

Aquatic stemless, stoloniferous, floating herbs; roots simple, tufted, white, fibrous, to 25 cm long. Leaves sessile, tufted, obovate. Spathe small, to 10 mm long, basal portion convoluted, upper portion expanded into an ovate-acute limb, pale yellow. Spadix with pistillate portion adnate to the spathe. Female and male flowers separated by a disc-like structure. Male flowers with 4-6 anthers forming a synandrium. Berry small and ovoid.