Vine-like plant covering a low mound with its trailing or running stems (similar plants in the vicinity are climbing vines with aerial rootlets). Spathe c. 12.5 cm long; lower part enveloping male and female parts c. 4 cm long; expanded part pale green, c. 8.5 cm long, terminal mucro c. 5 mm long, remaining concave with spadix partly enclosed. Spadix with basal female part 2.5 cm long; exserted part 5-5.5 cm long x c. 1.5 cm wide across the broadly cylindrical, white staminate zone. Relic of Cultivation. Common on Rarotonga.