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Gunnera magnifica, commonly called hoja de pantano, is a large herbaceous shrub or tree-like plant native to the montane rainforests of the Colombian Andes in Caldas Province. It can grow as tall as 4.7 m (15 ft). The lower stem is decumbent and rhizomatous, while the upper stem curves upright and palm-like. This pachycaul stem is up to 40 cm (16 in) thick. At the top is a rosette of huge leaves, the blade, or lamina of which is 92–115 cm (36–45 in) long by up to 184 cm (72 in) in across. The stalk, or petiole is up to 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) in length and 8 to 10 cm (3.1 to 3.9 in) in thickness. These huge leaves emerge from a bud up to 60 cm (24 in) long by up to 40 cm (16 in) wide; the largest leaf bud of any known plant.
Gunnera aequatoriensis · Gunnera cordifolia · Gunnera × cryptica · Gunnera hamiltonii · Gunnera macrophylla · Gunnera magellanica · Giant rhubarb · Gunnera masafuerae · Gunnera mexicana · Gunnera monoica · River Pumpkin · Haha
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gunnera magnifica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
