• Family : Araceae
  (Arum Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : OAL FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Araceae
• Synonym(s) : Arisaema wightii Schott
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Arisaema jacquemontii Blume
• Common name : Jacquemont's Cobra Lily
• Vernacular name : Baanko, Sarpako Makai(Nepali)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Shrubberies, rocky slopes; Common in upper forest and lower alpine zones
• Comments / notes : Ornamental, fermented leaves and boiled tubers are eaten in Nepal, medicinal
• Key identification features : Male and female flowers on different plants, sometimes white-striped spathe which has long up-curved green or dark purple tail-like tip.
• Flower, Fruit : June-August
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
  • Himachal Pradesh : Shimla district
• Native : Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Albania, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Rus, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Netherlands, North European Russi, Northwest European R, South European Russi, Sweden, Ukraine, West Siberia
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 435; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 239
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Arisaema jacquemontii. Downloaded on 3 December 2023.

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