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Alocasia robusta
About
Alocasia robusta is a gigantic herb in the arum family (Araceae) which is endemic to the island of Borneo. The plant is a rosette herb consisting of several very large leaves having a sagittate lamina or blade up to 6 m (20 ft) long by nearly 3 m (9.8 ft) wide, borne on very stout petioles or stalks up to 3.7 m (12 ft) in length. The inflorescence is the spathe and spadix typical of the Arum family, with the spathe being a very dark blackish-purple color. This species was unknown to science prior to 1967. The plant is usually trunkless.
- Family
- Araceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Alocasia robusta
- Slug
- alocasia-robusta
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Alocasia
- Species
- robusta
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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