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Alocasia macrorrhizos

Alocasia macrorrhizos

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Alocasia macrorrhizos is a species of flowering plant in the arum family (Araceae) that is native to rainforests of Maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and the Murray Islands group in the Torres Strait. It has long been cultivated in South Asia, the Philippines, many Pacific islands, and elsewhere in the tropics, in the order of tens of thousands of years. Common names include giant taro, giant alocasia, ʻape, biga, and pia. In Australia it is known as the cunjevoi.

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Family
Araceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Alocasia macrorrhizos
Slug
alocasia-macrorrhizos
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Araceae
Genus
Alocasia
Species
macrorrhizos
Wikidata QID
Q1484310
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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