Cuckoo Pint Leaf. This spike eventually produces an upright stalk of bright red berries. Maculatum) is a woodland plant that grows in the northern region of iraq where it is commonly known as ‘kardi’.

It was known in irish as cluas chaoin meaning narrow ear and cluas an ghabhair meaning goat’s ear,. The flowers are hidden from sight, clustered at the base of the spadix with a ring of female flowers at the bottom and a ring of male flowers above them.