Lasia spinosa

  • a whole plant of Lasia is growing in the wild
    whole plant of Lasia
  • A medicinal plant Lasia spinosa on soil with dry leaves
    medicinal plant Lasia spinosa
  • long flower of lasia is growing from stem
    long flower at stem of lasia
  • leaf of Lasia spinosa plant is arrow shaped.
    leaf of Lasia spinosa
  • flowers of Lasia spinosa are blooming
    Lasia spinosa with flower
  • The Lasia spinosa (L.) Thw. plant has three leaves and thorns on stem.
    Lasia spinosa (L.) Thw.
  • Lasia spinosa plants are growing on soil covered with bamboo's leaves.
    growing Lasia spinosa plant
  • A flower of Lasia spinosa is blooming.
    flower of Lasia spinosa

Lasia spinosa is an herbaceous perennial herb in the family Araceae. The plant is native to Assam and found in the area of swamps, riverbanks, ditches, and moist places in tropical and subtropical forests.  Lasia plants spread by means of a long, creeping, stoloniferous stem. The shape of leaves of Lasia spinosa is sagittate-hastate and petiole has laxly prickles.  The stem and leaves of the plant are edible and have various medicinal uses. It is also sometimes cultivated as a vegetable crop along the margins of ponds. The Assamese common names are চেংমৰা, চেং কচু  (Chengamora, Cheng Kachu).

Scientific classification of Lasia spinosa

Kingdom              :   Plantae
Phylum                 :    Tracheophyta 
Class                      :    Liliopsida  
Order                    :      Alismatales 
Family                   :    Araceae 
Genus                   :     Lasia
Species                 :     Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites

Synonyms :
Dracontium  spinosum L.
Lasia aculeata Lour.
Lasia crassifolia Engl.
Lasia crassifolia f. angustisecta Engl.
Lasia crassifolia f. latisecta Engl.
Lasia desciscens Schott
Lasia hermannii Schott
Lasia heterophylla (Roxb.) Schott
Lasia jenkinsii Schott
Lasia loureiroi Schott, nom. illeg.
Lasia roxburghii Griff.
Lasia zollingeri Schott
Pothos heterophyllus Roxb.
Pothos lasia Roxb. Pothos spinosus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.

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