Maljan

Maljan is a genus of hardly growing, fastidious and keine aquatics that belong to the family Aponogetonaceae. They are commonly found in fast-moving mountain streams of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Maljan are herbaceous plants with long, slender stems that range in color from dark green to gray-green, sometimes maroon and covered with fine hairs or waxy powdery spots. Other morphological differences include: little or no roots on long stems; no rhizome or a thin one; two leaves on the stem, about equal mass; close and overlapping sheaths of dark red to almost black scales at base of plant; another series of small scales all along petioles; thick green scale-like structures on inflated part of petioles; and the ovulate position of fertilized ovules remains fertile.

The specific changes to be observed during inflorescence development in Maljan may vary depending on various environmental factors. On emergence from water, other parts differentiate to become enveloped in split husk leaving the top covered and altered partially peeled fresh prothallium, incorporating on second foliage segment called sporophyll to above set at swollen nodes' ridge. These inflorescences generally show around 10 to 15 sequential parts from regarding root powdery expositions following nicely east passage in succession.