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Acaulescent, tuberous, terrestrial herbs. Leaf usually 1, subtended by basal cataphylls, often spotted; lamina 3-partite, each major segment highly divided ± pinnately or irregularly. Inflorescence produced before the leaves (in ours); peduncle shorter than petiole. Spathe with a convolute basal portion; upper portion ± expanded with undulate margin. Spadix with female flowers at base, male flowers in central portion and with a ± smooth sterile apex. Flowers unisexual, without perianth segments, densely congested. Stamens free or filaments connate in groups of 2-3. Ovary 2(-4)-locular. Berries borne in a cylindric spike. Comment: Zambia: 3 taxa Worldwide: 196 species in the Old World tropics. 35 native species in Africa. Zambia: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| abyssinicus (A. Rich.) N.E. Br. subsp. unyikae (Engl. & Gehrm.) Ittenb.[LR-lc] | B,N,W,C,E,S | Nw,Cb,Mc,E,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
| mossambicensis (Schott) N.E. Br. | S | Lk,S | Description, Image |
| richardsiae Ittenb. | N | N |
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