2. Description
 Araceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering
plants
 The family also goes by the name of Arum family and
species in this family are often colloquially known as
aroids
 Many plants in this family are thermogenic (heat-
producing).
1. to attract insects (usually beetles) to pollinate the
plant
2. to prevent tissue damage in cold regions

10. 4.Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Monsteroideae
Tribe: Monstereae
Genus: Epipremnum
Species: E. aureum
Binomial name : Epipremnum aureum
Local Name : The Devil’s Ivy, Silver Vine,
Money Plant, Centipede tongavine and
Solomon Islands' Ivy

11. Malay name : Kelampayang
Besar / Pokok Duit
Size : 1000 cm
 commonly known as Pothos
(once classified under the
genus Pothos), Silver Vine,
and Devil's Ivy is an aroid
native to southeastern Asia
(Malaysia, Indonesia) and New
Guinea. It is sometimes
mistakenly called philodendron
at plant stores.

12. Brief Description
It is a liana growing to 20 m tall, with stems up to
4 cm diameter, climbing by means of aerial roots
which hook over tree branches.
 Leaves : evergreen, alternate, heart-shaped, entire on
juvenile plants, but irregularly pinnatifid (comb like
arrangement of parts ,arising from one side of an axis)
Flowers : produced in a spathe up to 23 cm long. This
plant produces trailing stems when it climbs up trees
and these take root when they reach the ground and
grow along it. The leaves on these trailing stems grow
up to 10cm long and are the one normally seen is this
plant when it is cultivated as a pot plant.

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A climbing plant that
climbs with the help of
aerial and clasping roots
The plant can become
large depending on
growing conditions
It can survive in low
light conditions like
florescent lights, and
basements.

14. USES
It is a popular houseplant with numerous cultivars
selected for leaves with white, yellow, or light green
variegation. It is often used in decorative displays in
shopping centres, offices, and other public locations
largely because it is a very hardy plant that requires
little care and is also attractively leafy.
 It is also efficient at removing indoor pollutants such
as formaldehyde, xylene, and benzene.
Other names include Centipede tongavine and Devil's
Ivy. It is also popularly known as "money plant" in
certain parts of the world (particularly in India).

15. 5.The red caladium
Originated from the
tropical regions of South
America.
All or parts of the
caladium plant may be
poisonous
Contact with sap may
irritate skin

16. Malay name : Keladi
merah
Scientific name :
Caladium bicolour
Size : 45cm
Other Names : Red
Caladium, elephant ear

17. Uses
Several species are grown as ornamental plants for
their large, arrowhead-shaped leaves marked in
varying patterns in white, pink, and red and have
been in cultivation in Europe since the late 1700s.
 The two forms most widely cultivated are called
"fancy-leaved" and "lance-leaved". Most Caladiums
in cultivation grow to about 24 inches (60 cm) high
and 24 inches (60 cm) wide, although dwarf varieties
are now in cultivation
All parts of the plant are poisonous. They should not
be ingested and may irritate sensitive skin.

18. Caladiums are used in shady beds and borders.
They often are planted along the north or east side of
a building or wall. Caladiums are striking in dense
plantings.
They provide warm colour in areas too shady for most
flowers. Use caladiums to provide some colour
amongst lacy ferns and stately gingers. Caladium
leaves will last for several days in fresh flower
arrangements.

19. 6.Giant YamCan grow to be a two
meter giant plant,
common near limestone
outcrops and
abandoned grounds
Often planted as a
decorative leafy plant
because of its beautiful
heart shaped foliage.

20. Malay name : Keladi
Gajah / Birah
Scientific name :
Colocasia gigantea /
Alocasia macrorrhiza
(L.) Schott
Size : 200 cm
Other name : Giant
Yam / Ape Plant,Giant
Elephant Ear

21. 7.Yam / Taro
Tropical plant grown
primarily as a vegetable
food for its edible
corm, and secondarily
as a leaf vegetable.
It is considered a
staple in oceanic
cultures
It is sometimes loosely
called elephant ear

22. Taro leaves are rich in vitamins and minerals.
They are a good source of thiamine, riboflavin, iron,
phosphorus, and zinc, and a very good source of
vitamin B6, vitamin C, niacin, potassium, copper,
and manganese.
Taro corms are very high in starch, and are a good
source of dietary fiber.

23. Malay name :
(Pokok) Ubi Keladi
Scientific name :
Colocasia esculenta
Size : 60cm
Other names : Yam /
Taro, eddo, and
dasheen

24. Taro tubers for sale in market

25. Taro corms for sale

26. Taro stems for sale at a market

27. The Dumb CaneA large herbaceous plant
that can reach the height of
1 meter.
The sap of the plant is
caustic.
Temperatures below about
5˚C (40˚F) can kill the
plant.

28. The cells of the plant contain needle-
shaped calcium oxalate crystals called
raphides
If a leaf is chewed, these crystals can
cause a temporary burning sensation
and erythema. (may include temporary numbness
of the tongue and vocal cords)

29. Malay name :
Dieffenbachia Putih
Kehijauan / Batang
Bisu
Scientific name :
Dieffenbachia maculata
Size : 100cm
Other name : The
Dumb Cane

30. Black Kris yamAn average size yam
plant, and is from the
Philippines
The Kris plant is grown
for the very attractive
foliage.
It needs warm, humid,
shady conditions and
plenty of water during
the summer

31. Malay name : Keladi
Keris Hitam / Pokok
Senteh Keris Hitam
Scientific name :
Alocasia sanderiana
Bull.
Size : 50 cm
Other name : Black Kris
yam

32. Corpse Flower
Amorphophallus Paeoniifolius (Campanulatum)
The family is characterised
by its inflorescence,
consisting of a fleshy spike
of small flowers (spadix)
usually subtended by a
large bract (spathe).
Produces a single
inflorescence followed by a
solitary leaf.
Only blooms when
mature.
Flowers last only about 5
days.

33. The fresh inflorescence
emits a stink odour
reminiscent of rotting flesh
to attract pollinating
The foul odour only last for a
few hours after the flower
opens.
The corms of some varieties
are edible and grown as food
crops in several Asian
countries, especially
Indonesia.
It grows in wild form in the
Philippines, Malaysia,
Indonesia, and other
Southeast Asian countries.

34. one of the ugliest flowers (inflorescence) in the world

35. Aglaonema commutatum Schott

36. HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS
PLANTS
Scientific name: Aglaonema commutatum Schott
 Common name: Chinese evergreen
Origin: Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Malaysia
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsidaa
Subclass: Arecidae
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Aglaonemaa
Species: Aglaonema commutatum Schott

37. Leaves
•Simple, alternate;
• Blade elliptic to
lanceolate;
• Usually 12-35 ×
3-8cm;
• Spotted,striped ,or
blotched with light
green.
Leaves of Chinese Evergreen

38. Flowers
•Creamy-white or
slightly greenish
spathes that come in
summer;
•Intermittently during
the year;
•Many flowers , tightly
packed in one to six
axillary spadices 2-6 cm
long with a pale green
ovate spathe attached
at the base, 3.5-6 cm
long.
The Inflorescence

39. Fruits
• Berries ellipsoidal,
green but turning
yellow and finally
bright red.
Fruits of Chinese Evergreen

40. Seeds
•Every fruit contains
only one seed.
• Erect (having a
vertical position)
•Almost as large as
the fruit, without
endosperm
Seed of Chinese Evergreen

41. Uses
Popular as ornamental foliage plants (indoor
plants)
They are fleshy tropical Asian herbs of slow growth
with leathery leaves often bearing silvery or colourful
patterns.
- Important products in plant industry.

42. EXAMPLES OF THE CHINESE
EVERGREEN
Emerald Beauty Silver Queen

44. BY
Yangrae Cho and Jeffrey D. Palmer
Department of Biology, Indiana
University at Bloomington

45. A group I intron has recently been shown to have
invaded mitochondrial cox1 genes by horizontal
transfer many times during the broad course of
angiosperm evolution.
To investigate the frequency of acquisition of this
intron within a more closely related group of plants,
they determined its distribution and inferred its
evolutionary history among 14 genera of the monocot
family Araceae.