Trees & Plants

Giant Colocasia

Boafuredhdhe

Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.

Occasional in homesteads The tubers are eaten as a source of 28 starch. The plant is also grown as ornamental. The juice from freshly cut stems is used on the skin as an antidote against stinging plants. The leaves are used to wrap fevered and people with burn injuries for comfor

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uses: The tubers are eaten as a source of 28 starch. The plant is also grown as ornamental. The juice from freshly cut stems is used on the skin as an antidote against stinging plants. The leaves are used to wrap fevered and people with burn injuries for comfort.
family: Araceae
synonym: Arum macrorrhizon L., Colocasia 6, macrorrhizos (L.) Schott
description: Stout perennial herbs; stem horizontal or erect, 4-5 cm thick. Leaves × several, to 48 33 cm; ovate, acute, proximal lobes rounded; nerves to 8 pairs, lowest pair bear the lateral nerves of the lobes, intercostae parallel, joining at the middle. Peduncle to 30 cm long, stout; spathe to 28 cm long, constricted at middle, yellowish Th green; spadix to 20 cm long, cylindrical, 1-1.5 cm thick, continuous. Male flowers in upper to 12 cm of the spadix; stamens G. Don 6, united into a hexagonal synandrium. Female flowers in basal 3 cm of the spadix; ovary 1-celled, ovules 3, basal. Neuter flowers flat, hexagonal.
native range: Malaysia, Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
distribution: Tropical Asia, Africa, America and Oceania
english names: Giant Colocasia · elephant ear taro · Giant taro
flowering fruiting: October- December
occurrence maldives: Occasional in homesteads