Botany
Tabatib is a stout vine climbing on tree trunks, reaching a height of 5 to 6 meters. Leaves are oblong-ovate, up to 60 cm long, pinnately cleft almost to the midrib into 7 to 12 pairs of lanceolate, acuminate, falcate, 1-nerved lobes, 12 to 20 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide. Spathes are several, terminal, white or greenish, in flower about 15 cm lone and deciduous. Spadix is green, dense, cylindrinc, nearly or as long as the spathe, 2 to 2.5 cm thick in flower, thicker in fruit.

Distribution
In thickets and forests at low and medium altitudes.
Urban ornamental cultivation.

Parts utilized
Sap, leaves.

Uses
Folkloric
• Sap used for snake bites.
• Spadix of plant used as emmenagogue.
• Decoction of leaves use as gargle and mouth wash for gum inflammations and tooth abscesses.

Toxicity?
• No toxicity studies found.
• Plant reported to be poisonous when eaten and may cause minor skin irritation when touched.

Availability
Wildcrafted.
Ornamental cultivation.