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| published in: | Meletemata Botanica 20. 1832. | ||
| distribution: | Tropical Asia: from India to Japan and New Guinea | map: | |
| subfamily: | Aroideae | tribe: | Homalomeneae |
| no. of species: | 69 (estim. 550) | cultivars: | not too many |
| chromosome count: 2n=38, 40, 42, 56 | |||
| morphology: | evergreen terrestrial herbs, leaf blade lanceolate to sagittate, venation parallel-pinnate flowers unisexual, perigone absent, female flowers often with staminodes. | ||
| similar genera: | Adelonema, Furtadoa | ||
 griffithii |  pendula |  rubescens |  'Emerald Gem' |
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 David Scherberich: Homalomena | |
| Plant Illustrations: Homalomena |