Typhonodorum: The Madagascan Water Banana

Typhonodorum is a monotypic genus in the Araceae family represented solely by Typhonodorum lindleyanum, commonly called the water banana. It is native to the western Indian Ocean islands - Madagascar, the Comoros, Zanzibar and Mauritius - where it grows in seasonally wet freshwater habitats and is notable for its stout, banana-like pseudostem and cream-coloured spathe.