Spathe (botany)

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White spathe of the arum plant Zantedeschia aethiopica

The spathe or flower sheath describes a special form of bracts in botany . In this case, these are designed as a sheath-like leaf sheath around an inflorescence , which is often strikingly colored. Usually the spathe is single-leaved, more rarely it consists of two or more leaves. It is characteristic, for example, of arum or palm trees .

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