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Alocasia scalprum
About
Alocasia scalprum, the Samar lance, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Samar island, the Philippines. Well known from cultivation as a houseplant in the Philippines, and introduced to aroid enthusiasts as Alocasia cv. Samar Lance in 1984, it was not formally described as a species until 1999. Its glossy, lance-shaped leaves with embossed veins take on a blue sheen when mature. It is similar in appearance to Alocasia heterophylla.
- Family
- Araceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Alocasia scalprum
- Slug
- alocasia-scalprum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Alocasia
- Species
- scalprum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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