Caulescent plants, 0.6-1.8 m high, drying annually until only the rhizome remains. Basal leaves 3-7 and 1-2 cauline, blades 24-90 cm long and 8-35 cm wide, acuminate apex, green with yellow-green feather-like designs along the main vein and pale gray-green on the underside and occasionally with 2 longitudinal purple bands; pulvinule glabrous except for a row of trichomes on the upper surface, olive-green, petiole glabrous, green, often absent, sheath tomentose apically, green or streaked with purple. The inflorescences ovoid to ellipsoid, 4-10 cm long and 2.5-5 cm wide, bracts (5-) 7-41, persistent, erect, often tomentose on the external surface, glabrous or subglabrous at the apex in the internal, clear green, closed flowers; sepals 18-28 mm long, creamy-white; cream corolla a golden, tube 23-29 mm long. Capsules obovoid, rounded, slightly yellowish cream, persistent sepals; Gray seeds. Reproduction is carried out vegetatively using rhizomes, which produce an average of 20 shoots each. There is no agriculture since it is produced in natural habitats during the rainy season. This species is used by the populations of the countries in question to add flavor to their dishes, especially soups.

Common, in deciduous and evergreen forests, frequently in disturbed sites and in gallery forests, widely distributed in the Pacific and north-central zones; 0-1000m; The roots are swollen and full of edible starch. Mistakenly treated as C. allouia (Aubl.) Lindl. In other regions, it is very common in the flora of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and in the flora of Panama.

The item will arrive similar to the photos, no tree is 100% the same, they vary in size in branches and leaves. You will be given an order as accurate as possible and that complies with the photos in the description, and the size of the description.

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