author(s) : Faiza M. Hammouda, Husseiny A. H. Elgendy, Ibrahim A. El-Garf and Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk
Synonym
- Eminium spiculatum (Blume) Schott, Synops. Aroid. 17 (1856); Boulos, Fl. Egypt4: 111 (2005).
- Syns. Arum spiculatum Blume, Rumphia 1: 121 (1836).
- Arum crassipes Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1, 13: 9 (1853).
- Common names: Friar’s Cowl عربي: ارقيطه، ارقط، لوف
family name
ARACEAE
genus name
Eminium
The corms of E. spiculatum, growing in Egypt, contain glucose, fructose andraffinose. The mucilage of the plant (2.8%) was composed of D-galacturonic acid, Dgalactose,D-mannose, L-rhamnose and D-glucose (Ahmed et al., 1968).
Later, Shoushan etal. (1980) reported that the total carbohydrates (33.43%) of corms of the plant growing inBurg El-Arab (Egypt) contain galactose, glucose and fructose as combined sugars in additionto raffinose, sucrose, glucose and fructose as free sugars.
The corms contain citric, tartaric, malic, succinic and fumaric acids (Ahmed et al.,1968; Shoushan et al., 1980). The fatty acids of the plant oil (0.657%) were oleic (70.1%), …
E. spiculatum is known to be poisonous when taken fresh, however on boiling for prolonged time in water, it looses its toxicity ..
location
egypt