Alocasia macrorrhizos: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Alocasia
Species: Alocasia macrorrhizos
Scientific Name: Alocasia macrorrhizos

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Alocasia macrorrhizos

Alocasia macrorrhizos is a species of flowering plant in the arum family (Araceae) that it is native to rainforests of Maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland and has long been cultivated in South Asia, the Philippines, many Pacific islands, and elsewhere in the tropics. Common names include giant taro, giant alocasia, ʻape, biga, and pia. In Australia it is known as the cunjevoi (a term which also refers to a marine animal).

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Alocasia macrorrhizos in languages:

Chinese: 海芋
Chinese: 蘭嶼姑婆芋
Chinese: 姑婆芋
Chinese: 痕芋頭
Chinese: 熱亞海芋
Danish: vikingeskjold
Dutch: Alocasie
English: giant taro
English: Elephant Ear
English: Giant Alocasia
French: Songe caraïbe
French: Alocasie à grandes racines
German: Riesenblättriges Pfeilblatt
Indonesian: Sente
Japanese: インドクワズイモ
Lithuanian: Stambiašaknė alokazija
Polish: alokazja olbrzymia
Russian: Алоказия крупнокорневищная
Sinhala: හබරල
Thai: กระดาด

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Parent Taxon

Alocasia

Alocasia macrorrhizos: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Alocasia macrorrhizos

Alocasia macrorrhizos in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

Parent Taxon

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Alocasia macrorrhizos: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Alocasia macrorrhizos

Alocasia macrorrhizos in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

Parent Taxon

Sibling Taxa

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