100+ Alocasia Varieties With Names and Pictures

The Alocasia is a striking leaf ornamental plant that has long since moved into our homes. It comes along with its long petioles and immediately captivates the viewer. In this blog post, you’ll learn everything you need to know about Alocasia varieties with names and pictures.

About Alocasias

Alocasias grow naturally in the tropical rainforests of Asia and Australia. There, the leaves of the Alocasia are also used to hide during a rain shower. Because the leaves grow so large, the Alocasia is also called Elephant Ear. In the wild, an Alocasia can–depending on the species–grow up to a few meters high and therefore not all species are suitable as a houseplant.

With about 80 different species of alocasias, everyone will find what they are looking for. The leaves are as different as they could be. Not every one of these species is suitable as a houseplant, which limits the selection somewhat.

The leaf shape always has the arrowhead shape as a basis, even if this is sometimes somewhat rounder or wavy. Some species have deeply incised leaves and are therefore hardly recognizable as an Alocasia.

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Alocasia Varieties With Names and Pictures

Within the group Alocasia, in addition to the varieties best known for their large green leaves, there are others not so famous but equally interesting. Here are all the Alocasia varieties with names and pictures for identification!

Alocasia acuminata

Alocasia acuminata grows to 75 cm (29.5 inches) tall, is small to medium-sized, slightly robust, and evergreen. Rhizomatous stems are generally long, erect at first and later decumbent, approximately 8 to 75 cm (3 to 30 inches) long by 2 to 6 cm (1 to 2.5 inches) wide; older parts are covered with remnants of old leaf bases and cataphylls. There are five leaves on the plant, subtended by a conspicuous lanceolate papery-membranous cataphyll.

The species is found in Thailand, Northeast India, Assam, Nepal, Bangladesh, North Burma, North Laos, North Vietnam, and Southwest China. It grows in moist areas in dry evergreen forests and sometimes on limestone & granite. Its altitude ranges from 650 to 1,175 meters (2,132 to 3,855 feet).

Despite its close similarities to Alocasia longiloba, Alocasia acuminata is easily distinguished by its unlobed or barely lobed stigma, vibrant green leaf laminae, plain green petioles and cataphylls, and always having multiple leaves at the same time.

Alocasia aequiloba

Alocasia aequiloba is a small to moderately robust herb. It has a decumbent to creeping stem, rarely erect, up to 4 cm (1.5 in) in diameter (usually much smaller), and brown. The younger parts are encased in old leaf bases and marcescent cataphylls of proleptic renewal axes. It usually bears one to several leaves.

There are many variations in leaf size, from spearhead-shaped to arrowhead-shaped, sometimes with very faintly undulated margins. The leaf blades are dark green and glossy on the upper side, pale and dull on the underside, sometimes variegated with yellow or white flecks scattered or distant, leathery, long-lived, and often covered with epiphyllous bryophytes and lichens.

This species is synonymous with Alocasia angustiloba, Alocasia dahlii, Alocasia denudatoides, Alocasia gjellerupii, Alocasia magnifica, Alocasia peekelii, and Alocasia schlechteri. It is found in Northern and Eastern New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. It grows on lowland rainforest and swamp forest floors and in regrowth.

Alocasia aequiloba stands out among Australasian Alocasia species because its leaves have long lives, many of which are epiphyllous. Many other species have leaves that last for only a few months before senescing, and as a result, do not host epiphyllous plants. There are naturally occurring variegated individuals in otherwise normal populations. The cultivars ‘Spotted Papua’ and ‘Gold Dust’ is now available in horticulture.

Alocasia aequiloba ‘Gold Dust’

Alocasia aequiloba ‘Gold Dust’ is a cultivar of Alocasia aequiloba characterized by irregular gold spots on its leaves.

Alocasia alba

Alocasia alba is a robust pachycaul herb growing to 2 m (6.6 ft) tall. There are several leaves per plant; the upper leaves are green, while the lower leaves are lighter and yellowish green. The blades are not peltate, and their shape is oblong to arrowhead-shaped.

This species is synonymous with Alocasia bantamensis, Alocasia crassifolia, Alocasia pallida, Colocasia alba, and Homalomena alba. It is found in Indonesia (Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra, Bali, and Lombok). It grows in shady or open areas of forests, along roads and fields, on sandy or stony soil in river banks, on well-drained soils, and in lowland open areas.

Several characteristics distinguish this species, including not-peltate leaves, prominent secondary veins on the abaxial side of leaves, well-defined inter-primary collective veins, glabrous lower leaf surfaces to petioles, and green spathes with constriction leveled to sterile interstices.

Variegated Alocasia alba:

Alocasia alba ‘Silver’

Alocasia alba ‘Silver’ is a cultivar of Alocasia alba that exhibits whitish-silvery leaves, compared to the solid green of the Alocasia alba type species.

Alocasia ‘Albatuwan’

Alocasia ‘Albatuwan’ is a hybrid between Alocasia alba and Alocasia reginae. It was first hybridized by Wawan at the Chong Lee Nursery in Malaysia, where he worked between 2001 and 2016.

During his time in Kalimantan, Wawan acquired a plant he called Alocasia ‘Batu’, a plant later revealed to be Alocasia reginae. He hybridized it with Alocasia alba and named it ‘Albatuwan’: Alba + Batu + Wan (Wan comes from his name Wawan). It is more common in Malaysia, and less commonly exported to Thailand and Indonesia.

Alocasia ‘Amazonica’

Alocasia ‘Amazonica’ is a hybrid between Alocasia sanderiana and Alocasia longiloba ‘Watsoniana’. Salvadore Mauro hybridized it at the Amazon Nurseries. Contrary to what the name implies, the plant does not originate in the Amazon jungle or region, since Alocasia is an Asian genus.

Many buyers and sellers confuse Alocasia ‘Amazonica’ with Alocasia ‘Polly,’ a smaller mutant of Alocasia ‘Amazonica’ that was developed by Denis and Bill Rotolante at Silver Krome Gardens in Homestead, Florida.

Alocasia arifolia

Alocasia arifolia grows up to 70 cm (28 in) tall. The stem is erect to decumbent, about 30 cm (12 in) long, and 2-4 cm (1-1.5 in) in diameter. It usually bears several leaves approximately 30 cm (12 in) in length. The blades are arrowhead-shaped to spearhead-shaped, glossy mid/dark green and membranous to thinly leathery.

This species is found in Sumatra, Indonesia. It grows in low montane forests between 400 and 1,300 meters (1,312 to 4,265 feet) above sea level, often near streams, but it is not rheophilic.

Alocasia atropurpurea

Alocasia atropurpurea is a moderately robust herb with membranous leaf blades with a shape between that of an egg and an arrowhead, about 40 cm (16 in) long, and very shallowly peltate. Each side of the anterior costa has four primary lateral veins. Each blade has secondary veins on both sides, rising from the primary veins and then diverting to the margin, but not or very rarely forming inter-primary collective veins.

This species is found in Northern Luzon, Philippines. It grows on the limestone, in an open roadside habitat, as part of a larger area of karst landscape.

Alocasia ‘Aurora’

Alocasia ‘Aurora’ is a natural hybrid of unknown parentage. This plant was bought at the Bangkok Flower Market and brought back to the US, where it became the parent plant for the entire Safari Series. The original Alocasia ‘Aurora’ plant did not do well in the US when it was released in the early 2000s. However, it has since become very popular in Europe as Alocasia ‘Pink Dragon’.

Alocasia azlanii

Alocasia azlanii is a herb that grows up to 10 to 28 cm (4 to 11 in) tall. The stems are slender and only 8–10 mm (less than half an inch) wide, and the internodes are nearly as wide as their length. Several leaves are present, along with lanceolate cataphylls about 6 cm (2.5 in) long.

The leaf blades are a broad ovate-elliptic shape, 16–20 cm (6-8 in) long by 8.5–11 cm (3-4 in) wide, with a dark coppery purplish green upper surface and a pale green lower surface, thinly leathery, spreading to sub-pendent, and broad sinuating margins. Both surfaces of the blade have prominent primary lateral veins; secondary veins are confluent and form inter-primary collective veins.

This species is found on Borneo island. It grows in the well-shaded moist ground above flood level on banks of a shallow tributary of the Benutan river, which drains mixed dipterocarp forest on sandy clays

As small herbs with peltate glabrous leaves, Alocasia azlanii is similar to Alocasia beccarii and Alocasia peltata. In contrast to Alocasia beccarii, Alocasia azlanii has conspicuous intramarginal and marginal veins on its leaf blades (A. beccarii only has a clear marginal vein).

There are two main differences between Alocasia azlanii and Alocasia peltata: the inter-primary collective veins in the leaf anterior lobe are formed by confluent secondary veins (Alocasia peltata does not have confluent secondary veins) and the staminate zone of its spadix is only partially within the lower spathe chamber (the staminate zone of Alocasia peltata is entirely within the lower spathe chamber).

Alocasia baginda

Despite its small size, Alocasia baginda is a robust terrestrial herb up to 25-30 cm (10-12 in) tall. Its stem is briefly erect and develops into a short decumbent rhizome with age. It usually bears four spreading leaves. The petioles measure 13 to 23 cm (5 to 9 in) long and are short sheathing in the lower 1⁄6–1⁄7, glabrous, and pale green with white speckles at the bottom.

The leaf blades are very broadly egg-shaped to approximately circular, peltate, 10–18 cm (4-7 in) long, 7–12 cm (3-5 in) wide, stiffly and thickly leathery, matte dark green, with contrasting pale grey bullate portions blade defined by the primary and marginal veins.

This species is found on Borneo island.

The Alocasia baginda is closely related to Alocasia melo, characterized by very stiff thick leathery leaves almost perfectly furrowed, but readily distinguishable by smooth leaves (not finely and very wrinkled) with dark green parts and disparate pale gray bumps. The inflorescences of both species are slightly similar at first sight. However, in Alocasia baginda the constriction of the spathe is around the middle part of the staminate flower zone, while in Alocasia melo it is in the apical part.

Alocasia baginda ‘Dragon Scale’

Alocasia baginda ‘Dragon Scale’ is a cultivar of Alocasia baginda that exhibits darker, fully green leaf surfaces, compared to the more muted Alocasia baginda type species.

Alocasia baginda ‘Green Dragon’

Alocasia baginda ‘Green Dragon’ is a cultivar of Alocasia baginda that exhibits some of the lighter silvery feathering patterns on the upper leaf surfaces, similar to the Alocasia baginda type species, along with the deeper green leaf surface reminiscent of Alocasia baginda ‘Dragon Scale’.

Alocasia baginda ‘Silver Dragon’

Alocasia baginda ‘Silver Dragon’ is a cultivar of Alocasia baginda that exhibits silver interveinal coloration (varies in strength with available light levels) on the upper leaf surfaces, while maintaining the dark green vein coloration reminiscent of Alocasia baginda ‘Dragon Scale’.

Alocasia balgooyi

Alocasia balgooyi is a robust and massive herb that grows up to 1-3 m (3-10 ft) tall. The rhizome is large and thick, covered with fibrous leaf base remnants. It bears a few leaves with shapes sometimes between an egg and an arrowhead, and other times between a heart and an arrow. The leaves are 50-100 cm (20-39 in) long and membraneous.

This species is found in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Like Alocasia melo, Alocasia balgooyi prefers ultramafic substrates. It grows in low to mid-elevation forests, sometimes swamp forests, rocky slopes, and disturbed areas; sea level to 1,200 m (3,937 ft).

It differs from Alocasia macrorrhizos with the rear ribs not or hardly bare, the leathery blade of the spathe being shorter, the female inflorescence and the interstice neither longer nor thinner, the synandria smaller, and the fruiting spathe being red.

Alocasia ‘Bambino Arrow’

Alocasia ‘Bambino Arrow’ is a Dutch cultivar introduced circa 2008, probably another cross or mutation of Alocasia longiloba.

Alocasia beccarii

Alocasia beccarii is a small herb that grows 12 to 28 cm (5-11 in) high. It has a slender stem with a diameter of 5-10 mm (1⁄5- 2⁄5 in), condensed with internodes that tend to be wider than long. It bears several leaves irregularly that are often interspersed with lanceolate cataphylls up to 5 cm (2 in) long that dry red-brown. They are narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped to narrowly teardrop-shaped, mid-green above, pale below, leathery, and grow up to 18 cm (7 in) long and 6 cm (2 in) wide.

This species is found on Borneo island. The plant grows on slopes at low elevations, often among boulders, usually over sandstone.

Alocasia boa

Alocasia boa is moderately robust and grows to a height of about 1 m (3 ft). Its rhizome is erect to decumbent, naked, dark brown, and up to 1.5m (5 ft) long and 4 cm (1.5 in) wide. It bears up to six leaves, with arrowhead-shaped, shallowly pinnatifid blades with lobes about the same width as deep, and somewhat serrated. The leaf blade has a single primary vein running to a narrowly rounded tip.

This species is found in New Guinea.

Alocasia boyceana

Alocasia boyceana is a moderately robust herb reaching heights of about 60 cm (24 in). The stem is usually around 2 cm (1 in) wide. It bears a small number of leaves, usually 1-3, often subtended by cataphylls. The blades are narrowly arrowhead-shaped to slightly spearhead-shaped and reach lengths of about 35 cm (14 in).

This species is found in the Philippines. It grows in the rainforest at low to medium elevations, sometimes on limestone.

Alocasia boyceana is most often confused with Alocasia heterophylla. Like in Alocasia ramosii, the leaves are decidedly non-peltate and there are between 5-7 primary veins, and the sub-marginal veining is proximate to the leaf edges.

Alocasia brancifolia

Alocasia brancifolia is a treelet that has erect brown stems, with a height of 1.2 meters (4 feet), a diameter of 7 cm (3 in), and bears six leaves. Petioles grow to about 40 cm (16 in) long, ranging from green to faintly mottled to boldly zebra-striped with chocolate brown, and sheathed in the lower third and half. The leaf blades are arrowhead-shaped in outline.

This plant is synonymous with Alocasia angustiloba, Alocasia dahlii, Alocasia denudatoides, Alocasia gjellerupii, Alocasia magnifica, Alocasia peekelii, Alocasia schlechteri, Alocasia acuta, Alocasia acuta var. angustipartita, Alocasia acuta var. tigrina, Arum fasciculatum, Schizocasia acuta, Schizocasia acuta var. angustipartita, Schizocasia acuta var. tigrina, and Xenophya brancaefolia.

It is found in the New Guinea and Maluku (Mollucas) Islands of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. It grows in the lowland forest understorey, generally in rather swampy places, and occasionally in open sites.

Alocasia brisbanensis

Alocasia brisbanensis is a massive herb. The stem is decumbent to erect, about 13 cm (5 in) wide, and covered in old leaf bases. It bears several leaves that are arrowhead-shaped to somewhat egg-shaped, membranous, pale to mid-green, and entire at the margin.

This plant is synonymous with Alocasia macrorrhizos var. brisbanensis, Caladium macrorrhizon, Colocasia macrorrhizos, and Caladium glycyrrhizon.

This species is found in Queensland & New South Wales, Australia. It grows in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate rainforests, and wet open sites, predominantly at low altitudes, generally on pleiotropic soils.

Alocasia cadieri

Alocasia cadieri is said to be imported in 1938 (by Jule Chantrier), from the high plateaus of Annam (Central Vietnam). It has great vigor, upright and spreading habit, olive green leaf blades, and dull yellowish veins.

Alocasia celebica

Growing approximately 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall, Alocasia celebica’s rhizomes are 4 cm (1.5 in) wide and covered with old cataphyll bases. It bears two leaves which are covered by papery fibrous marcescent cataphylls. The petioles are about 35 cm (14 in) long, sheathed in the lower 1⁄4, densely and minutely pubescent, and mottled with an oblique zig-zag pattern. The leaf blades are somewhat egg-shaped to arrowhead-shaped, 36 cm (14 in) long, and rather thickly leathery.

This species is found in Northwest Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Alocasia chaii

Alocasia chaii is a small robust herb that grows to around 40 cm tall, with a short erect to decumbent stem that eventually forms a short rhizome. Wild plants have relatively few leaves (up to four, usually fewer), whereas cultivated plants have up to seven. Petioles are about 20 cm long, sheathed in the lower 1⁄4, puberulent, and pale green with scattered spots and speckles of deep red in the lower half.

Leaves are broadly ovate-elliptic, up to 40 cm long, but typically much shorter, and typically about 23 cm by 10-15 cm, sometimes up to 25 cm wide. They are thickly leathery to sub-succulent, almost completely peltate, except for a shallow retuse notch between the tips of the connate posterior lobes.

This species is found on Borneo island. It grows on the steep to precipitous leaf litter-covered red clay-loam slopes beneath open to a rather dense canopy of moist upper hill forest in light to moderate shade, at 540-760 m (1,772 to 2,493 ft) altitude.

Alocasia chaii is most similar to Alocasia scabriscula in overall morphology, differing in the considerably smaller, but hardly less robust habit, the peltate leaves and the persistent lower spathe that turns bright magenta at fruiting.

Alocasia chienlii

Alocasia clypeolata

Alocasia clypeolata is a small herb that grows to around 30 cm tall (12 in). Its stem is short, around 5 cm long by 2 cm (2 by 1 in) wide. It bears around 6 leaves. The petioles are around 17 cm (7 in) long, sheathing in the lower quarter. The leaf blades are slightly leathery, darker near the main veins, egg-shaped, and measure 16 by 6.5 cm (6 by 2.5 in) to 12 by 8 cm (5 by 3 in).

This species is synonymous with Alocasia ‘Green Shield’ and Alocasia ‘Green Cuprea’ (though it bears no connection to Alocasia cuprea). It is found in the Philippines & Lesser Sundan Islands, growing in rocky soil on a steep slope on the forest edge, at 80 m (262 ft) altitude.

Alocasia cucullata

Alocasia cucullata is a small to medium-sized clumping herb that grows up to 1 m (3 ft) in height, is somewhat robust, and is evergreen. It has erect, hypogeal stems that are heavily branched at the base and bears many leaves. In cross-section, the petioles are weakly D-shaped, with the sheath reaching about halfway up, and the margins are membranous in texture. Generally, the leaves are broadly egg-shaped to heart-shaped, measuring 10-40 cm by 7-28 cm (4-16 in by 3-11 in).

Alocasia cucullata is one of the oldest known species of Alocasia, published under the genus Arum, as the genus Alocasia did not exist yet, in 1790. This species is synonymous with Alocasia rugosa, Arum cucullatum, Caladium colocasia, Caladium cucullatum, Caladium rugosum, Colocasia cochleata, Colocasia cucullata, Colocasia rugosam, Panzhuyuia omeiensis, and Alocasia ‘Buddha’s Palm’.

Alocasia cucullata is found in Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and West Himalaya. It grows by watersides and fields below 2,000 m (6,562 ft).

Alocasia cucullata is used externally for detoxifying viper bites and is also used for treating abscesses, rheumatism, and arthritis. It is an important good-luck plant in Buddhist temples in Laos and Thailand.

Alocasia cucullata ‘Banana Split’

Alocasia cucullata ‘Banana Split’ is a cultivar of Alocasia cucullata. It is characterized by yellow variegation which presents sectorally (when color reached the midvein) or regionally, with an uneven border that often extends into the center (color often stopping at lateral veins).

Alocasia cucullata ‘Crinkles’

Alocasia cucullata ‘Crinkles’ is a cultivar of Alocasia cucullata and is often sold as Alocasia triangularis, which is not an accepted name for this cultivar (i.e. it leads growers to believe it’s a distinct species due to the Latinized name). This cultivar is similar to Alocasia macrorrhizos ‘Shock Treatment’ in that both have suffered a similar mutation, leading to diamond-shaped leaves, ruffled/crinkled leaf edges, and a “cupped” leaf shape.

Alocasia cucullata ‘Moon Landing’

Alocasia cucullata ‘Moon Landing’ is a cultivar of Alocasia cucullata which is characterized by a pale center with an uneven green edge that is preferred to reach around most of the leaf and never extends into the center.

This produces the pale “moon” in the center of the leaf. It has become so rare now as to be almost extinct, since the main source, Asiatica, closed around 10 years ago, and this variety is not very vigorous.

Because Alocasia ‘Moon Landing’ is rare and very desirable, sellers like to apply this name to all variegated Alocasia cucullata. Alocasia ‘Moon Landing’ is also older than the other patterns of variegation, so many sellers are not familiar with the more recent cultivars.

Alocasia cucullata ‘Yellow Tail’

Alocasia cucullata ‘Yellow Tail’ is a cultivar of Alocasia cucullata which is characterized by irregular pale yellowish variegation on the leaf edge, and a green center, opposite to the variegation of Alocasia cucullata ‘Moon Landing’.

Alocasia culionensis

Alocasia culionensis is a moderately robust herb that grows to about 70 cm (27.5 in) tall, with erect stems around 2 cm (1 in) thick. It bears several leaves and the petioles are about 45 cm (18 in) long, sheathing in the lower third. The leaf blades are between the shape of an arrowhead and a spearhead and measure 35 by 5 cm (14 by 2 in) in size.

This species is found in the Philippines and grows in lowland rainforests, on damp, shady ground.

This species is very similar to Alocasia heterophylla in inflorescence form, sharing the weakly constricted spathe, flask-shaped up-turned pistils beneath massive synandrodia occupying the upper part of the lower spathe chamber. It differs in the relatively shorter appendix, relatively longer male zone, the overall larger size of the inflorescences arranged into larger synflorescences, the larger leaves with finer secondary venation, and widely diverging posterior lobes that are never peltate

Alocasia cuprea

Alocasia cuprea is one of the most well-known diminutive Alocasia species and is the only Bornean species continuously in cultivation since its introduction around 1860.

Alocasia cuprea can reach an average height of 80 cm (31.5 in). It has decumbent rhizomes about 6 cm (2.5 in) wide and several leaves that are subtended by marcescent reddish brown cataphylls. In addition to being green, the petioles are faintly mottled brown or greenish brown throughout, measuring about 70 cm (27.5 in) long. Leaves are leathery, hanging, egg-shaped, bulging between the main veins, 60 cm long x 40 cm wide (24 x 16 in), glossy bronze-green with deep purple undersides, and with a hyaline colorless margin.

This species has been observed on Borneo island, growing on slopes in the rain forest, around sandstone, and limestone, and in ultramafic areas (rich and well-draining), about 1,000-1,500 m (3,281-4,921m )altitude.

Alocasia decipiens

Alocasia decipiens is characterized by oblong arrowhead-shaped leaves with rounded lobes that narrow at the tip. The petioles are narrowly inserted at approximately 2/3 of the leaf length. It has twin long peduncles and short spathes with spherical berries.

Alocasia decipiens is synonymous with Arum fornicatum. This species is found in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It has been observed growing near limestone caves.

Alocasia devansayana

Alocasia devansayana has a short, tuberous rhizome with elongated, rounded petioles that are surrounded by a grayish-sheathing membrane at the base. The slightly arched petioles, which are copper-brown metallic in color, extend into the leaf and form its midrib. The leaves are shield-shaped with erect, flat blades that are twice as long as they are wide.

The Alocasia devansayana is synonymous with Colocasia devansayana. This species is found in New Guinea. It is observed to be growing between 800 m (2,625 ft) and 1,750 m (5,740 ft) elevation in the forests around Mount Wilhelm, south of Madang, Papua New Guinea.

Alocasia fallax

The leaf shapes of Alocasia fallax range from broadly egg-like to rounded arrow-like measuring 30-50 cm by 23-30 cm (12-20 in by 9-12 in) with 7-9 pairs of nerves. Petioles are 30 to 60 cm (1 to 2 ft) long.

Alocasia farisii

Alocasia farisii is an epilithic, seldom terrestrial, mesophytic herb, able to grow to about 55 cm (21.5 in) tall but usually about half that height. The rhizome of this plant is elongated, upright, and later distally decumbent. There are several leaves, irregularly interspersed with semi-fleshy, eventually marcescent brown cataphylls to about 7 cm (3 in) long, with smooth, pale green petioles that sheathe in the lower 1⁄3 to 1⁄2.

The leaf blades are thin and leathery, sometimes between the shape of an arrowhead and a spearhead and other times between the shape of an egg and an arrow. They are glossy dark green along the midrib and primary veins, and grey-green elsewhere.

This species is found in Kelantan, Malaysia. It grows as a lithophyte in soil and humus pockets on limestone outcrops and boulders, rather occasionally as terrestrial, on seasonally dry lightly forested Karst formations, at 80-160 m (262-525 ft) elevations.

Alocasia flemingiana

Alocasia flemingiana is a small herb, about 50 cm tall. It has rhizomes that are approximately 3.5 cm wide and bears several leaves. The petioles are usually green, sometimes mottled reddish purple, sometimes streaked purple. The leaves are mid-green with green-yellowish undersides. The leaf shapes range from arrow-like to partially arrow-like and egg-like. They are thin, membranous, and glabrous.

This species is found in Java, Indonesia. It grows in the teak forest, swamp forest, disturbed forest, on volcanic soils, sometimes over limestone, from sea level to about 1,000 m (3,281 ft) altitudes.

Alocasia fornicata

Alocasia fornicata is a perennial plant that has broad leaves with many nerves and is rhizomatous or tuberous. A typical plant grows 60-90 cm (2-3 ft) tall with slightly pink petioles, triangular wide leaves, and a horizontal stolon.

The Alocasia fornicata is synonymous with Arum fornicatum and Colocasia fornicata. It is found in Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Alocasia ‘Frydek-Bullata’

Alocasia ‘Frydek-Bullata’ is a hybrid between Alocasia micholitziana ‘Maxkowskii’ and Alocasia sinuata by Brian Williams. Its leaves are distinctively bullate and have a somewhat satiny sheen when freshly emerged.

Alocasia gageana

The leaves of Alocasia gageana are green and undulating at the margins, and they are very slightly sinuated at the edges. The midrib and primary surface veins are quite prominent, and sunken, and enhance the appearance of the plant.

Alocasia gageana is synonymous with Alocasia ‘California’ and Alocasia ‘Californicus Corrugata’. This species is native to Myanmar. This plant will tolerate temperatures as low as 5°C (41°F) for extended periods without going dormant.

Often, Alocasia gageana gets confused with Alocasia macrorrhizos, but the easiest way to tell the difference is to look at the sinus insertion on the petiole, which is semi-peltate in Alocasia gageana. It will also have a smaller leaf shape at full size and a more oval leaf shape, as well as sunken lateral veins rather than embossed in Alocasia macrorrhizos.

Variegated Alocasia gageana:

Alocasia ‘Golden Bone’

Alocasia ‘Golden Bone’ is a natural hybrid between Alocasia micholitziana ‘Maxkowskii’ and Alocasia cuprea.

Alocasia heterophylla

Alocasia heterophylla is a small herb growing up to 40 cm (16 in) tall. It has a stem about 20 cm (8 in) long, decumbent to creeping. It bears 3-5 leaves and has petioles about 35 cm (14 in) in length, sheathed in the lower quarter to third. The leaves grow to about 27 cm (10.5 in) long and are narrow, between the shape of an arrowhead and a spearhead. Adult plants sometimes have shallowly to deeply peltate leaves, as well as some leaves that are not peltate.

The Alocasia heterophylla is synonymous with Alocasia manilensis, Alocasia warburgii, Caladium heterophyllum, and Colocasia heterophylla. It is native to the Philippines, growing in lowland rainforest (dipterocarp forest) to about 300 m (984 ft) altitude.

Alocasia heterophylla ‘Green Veins’

Alocasia heterophylla ‘Green Veins’ is a cultivar of Alocasia heterophylla which is characterized by thick, leathery and glossy, arrowhead-shaped green leaves, with a marked contrast between the leaf surface and the midrib and veins.

Alocasia heterophylla ‘Green’

Alocasia heterophylla ‘Green’ is a cultivar of Alocasia heterophylla which is characterized by thick, leathery and matte, arrowhead-shaped green leaves.

Alocasia heterophylla ‘Silver Kris’

Alocasia heterophylla ‘Silver Kris’ is a cultivar of Alocasia heterophylla which is characterized by leathery and matte, arrowhead-shaped green leaves, with a specific silver upper side, and contrasting dark and embossed midrib and primary lateral veins and visible secondary veins.

Alocasia heterophylla ‘Silver’

Alocasia heterophylla ‘Silver’ is a cultivar of Alocasia heterophylla which is characterized by leathery and glossy, arrowhead-shaped green leaves, with a specific silver upper side, and contrasting dark midrib and primary lateral veins and visible secondary veins.

Alocasia hollrungii

Alocasia hollrungii is a relatively small and robust plant. It has decumbent rhizomes measuring between 4-10 cm (1.5-4 in) in width. It has about 6 leaves, all very variable in size and shape. This species has petioles about 90 cm (35 in) long, usually with a ridge running up the middle of its upper surface, sheathing in the lower half, green to bronze, rarely purple-black, and sometimes pinkish-mottled.

Its leaves are narrow to broad arrowhead-shaped, membranous to leathery, with an entire margin that is rarely faintly undulated.

Alocasia hollrungii is native to the Bismarck Archipelago off the northeastern coast of New Guinea. It is commonly found growing in the lowlands, in rainforest and forest edges, gaps, regrowth, and often an abundant weed in plantations.

Alocasia hypoleuca

Alocasia hypoleuca is a giant, thick-stemmed evergreen herb that can reach 3 m (10 ft) in height. A slender, self-supporting stem reaches a height of about 2 meters (6.5 ft) or more. A large plant has several leaves that cluster around its tips. Petioles measure 0.75–1 m (2.5 – 3.3 ft) long and are sheathed in the lower quarter to third. The leaves are bluntly triangular, shaped between an egg and an arrowhead, held erect, measure 100 by 50 cm (3 by 1.5 ft), and light green.

This species is native to Thailand, growing in the dry evergreen forest on granite at around 500 m (1,640ft) in elevation.

The Alocasia hypoleuca is closely related to Alocasia macrorrhizos, but its stems are tall, slender, and leafless and remain self-supporting long after Alocasia macrorrhizos stems of similar length would become decumbent.

Alocasia indica

Alocasia indica leaves are shaped like a cross between an egg and a heart. The leaves reach 60 to 90 cm (2 to 3 ft) in length, with broad, egg-shaped basal lobes or auricles distinct from the petioles. Historically, this species was used as both food and medicine in India.

Alocasia indica is synonymous with Alocasia metallica, Arum indicum, Alocasia variegata, and Colocasia indica. This species is native to Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Myanmar, and Vietnam.

Alocasia indica is not accepted by most botanists, who consider it a synonym for Alocasia macrorrhizos.

Alocasia infernalis

Alocasia infernalis is a small but robust plant that grows to about 55 cm (22 in) tall. It has a slender stem that is initially upright, but eventually decumbent, with the active shoot tip ascending. It has several leaves in nature, but in cultivation it grows up to 12 leaves, spreading in juveniles, but erect in adults.

Petioles are about 20 cm (8 in) long, slender, spreading, and ascending. The lower half of the petioles are sheathed, minutely puberulent, bronze-green to purple-green depending on exposure, and stronger light induces a snakeskin pattern.

The leaves are deep purple and glossy on the upper surface, with smooth margins. They are egg-shaped and triangular, up to 25 cm (10 in) long but often shorter, and thinly leathery. Juvenile leaves are almost completely peltate while adult leaves are heavily peltate.

This species is found in Sarawak, Malaysia. It grows in the valley bottoms in moist to ever-wet lowland forests on deeply leaf litter-covered red sandstone-derived clay loams in heavy shade, about 182-249m (597-817 ft) above sea level.

It is distinguished from other Bornean Alocasias by its smaller stature, ascending leaves, and the leaf blade being dark purple or purplish-black, shining.

Alocasia inornata

Alocasia inornata is a vigorous plant that grows to 1.3 m (4 ft) tall, usually bearing 4-5 leaves when cultivated. It has pale green petioles that are densely dotted, purple violet near the apex, but marked with a green streak on the upper face, and shortly pubescent. Leaf blades are broad and shaped like a cross between an arrowhead and a heart. Their leaves are pale green on both sides, and their margins are barely lobed at the tips of their nerves.

Alocasia inornata is synonymous with Alocasia nobilis. This species is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia. It has a wide ecological amplitude and is found in disturbed places in forests, scrubs, swampy areas, river banks, and sometimes on limestone, from sea level to around 1,200 m (3,937 ft) altitude.

Alocasia ‘Kalila’

Alocasia ‘Kalila’ is a hybrid between Alocasia ‘Bisma’ and Alocasia reginula ‘Black Velvet’. It was first hybridized by Bedy from Kalila Flower, Kalimantan. The same cross produced two other cultivars, Alocasia ‘Ulla’ and Alocasia ‘Katya’.

Alocasia ‘Katya’

Alocasia ‘Katya’ is a hybrid between Alocasia ‘Bisma’ and Alocasia reginula ‘Black Velvet’. It was first hybridized by Bedy from Kalila Flower, Kalimantan. The same cross produced two other cultivars, Alocasia ‘Kalila’ and Alocasia ‘Ulla’.

Alocasia kerinciensis

Alocasia kerinciensis is a small terrestrial herb bearing several leaves, alternated with membranous cataphylls. The petioles are about 25 cm (10 in) long and sheathed in the lower fifth or less of the leaf. The leaves measure about 13-16 cm by 6-9 cm (5-6 in by 2.5-3.5 in) and are stiffly membranous, dull mid-green, broad to narrowly egg-shaped, peltate, and almost completely joined at the posterior lobes.

This species is found in an area between G. Kerinci to Lake Kerinci straddling the border of West Sumatera and Jambi Provinces, Indonesia. It grows on the montane forest floor at 1,500-2,000 m (4,921-6,562 ft) altitude.

Alocasia lancifolia

With its small size and moderate robustness, Alocasia lancifolia bears 5-11 leaves on its stems, which are around 6 cm (2.5 in) thick. The petioles are about 35 cm (14 in) long, shorter than the blades and sheathed for over half. Its leaf blades look like a rounded lance head, and are leathery with mid-green foliage that is glossy above. The leaves measure 50 cm (20 in) long (usually much less) and 14 cm (5.5 in) wide at their widest.

This species is widespread but very scattered in New Guinea. It grows in lowlands, in open swampy places in the lowland rain forests, and along forest streams to about 600 m (1,970 ft) altitude.

Alocasia lauterbachiana

Alocasia lauterbachiana has erect brown stems reaching 1.5m tall, bearing about 6 leaves in a terminal cluster. The petioles are 40 cm long, sheathed in the lower third to half, and mottled in chocolate brown. The leaves are deep bronze green above, dark purple below, narrowly spearhead-shaped, and serrated at the margin.

Alocasia lauterbachiana is synonymous with Alocasia wavriniana, Schizocasia lauterbachiana, Xenophya lauterbachiana, and Alocasia ‘Purple Sword’.

This species is native to Northern New Guinea and the Bismarck archipelago. It grows in the lowlands in rainforests, especially near river edges and forest edges.

Variegated Alocasia lauterbachiana:

Alocasia ‘Lukiwan’

Alocasia ‘Lukiwan’ is a hybrid between Alocasia alba and Alocasia sinuata. It was first hybridized by Wawan at the Chong Lee Nursery in Malaysia, where he worked between 2001 and 2016.

Alocasia maquilingensis

Alocasia maquilingensis is a robust caulescent herb. It bears several leaves without interspersed cataphylls. Petioles are about 1 m (3 ft) long, densely pubescent to glabrescent, and sheathed in the lower third to half. Leaves are broadly egg-shaped to arrowhead-shaped and about 55-90 cm (22-35 in) long.

Alocasia maquilingensis is synonymous with Alocasia vulcanica. It is native to Luzon, Mindanao, Leyte, and Panay in the Philippines. It grows on slopes in primary rainforests at low to medium elevations.

Alocasia melo

Alocasia melo grows to 25–35 cm tall, with an erect, short stem up to 3 cm wide and four leaves that overlap each other. Petioles are about 14–19 cm long, pale green, glabrous, smooth, and sheathed and sparingly burgundy-spotted in the lower fifth.

Its leaves are broadly egg-shaped to almost rounded, 18–25 cm long, 15 cm wide, wrinkled and blistered and somewhat bluish-green on the upper surface, smooth and pale greenish-white on the lower surface, leathery, and peltate.

Alocasia melo is synonymous with Alocasia rugosa and Alocasia ‘Rhino Skin’. This species is endemic to Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. This species joins a growing list of rare and endemic plants peculiar to the ultramafic substrate in Sabah. It grows on ultramafic rock, on the floor of tropical lowland rainforest, on thin soil along steep banks of fast-flowing streams, at 120-400 m (394-1,312 ft) above sea level. So, it requires high temperatures and humidity and protection from direct sunlight.

Alocasia micholitziana

Alocasia micholitziana is a moderately robust herb; its stem is about 4 cm (1.5 in) in diameter and is erect to decumbent. Four to seven leaves are present, without cataphylls. Petioles are 45 cm (18 in) long, sheathed in the lower quarter to third, and mottled brownish, reddish and/or purplish.

Approximately 40 cm long by 13 cm wide (16×5 in), and shallowly to shallowly peltate, the leaf blades are velvety matte deep green.

Alocasia micholitziana is synonymous with Alocasia ‘African Mask’, Alocasia ‘Green Velvet’, Alocasia ‘Green Goddess’, and Alocasia ‘Silver Vein’. This species is native to Luzon, Philippines. It grows in primary and secondary forests and roadside clearings at about 1,200-1,500 m (3,937-4,921 ft) altitudes. This species is common and widespread and presumably occurs over a somewhat wider altitudinal range than the limited available data indicate.

Alocasia micholitziana ‘Frydek’

Alocasia micholitziana ‘Frydek’ is a rare variegated cultivar of Alocasia micholitziana, characterized by white, mint, or yellow variegation, on top of the characteristic white veins and dark green velvet leaves of Alocasia micholitziana ‘Maxkowskii’.

Alocasia micholitziana ‘Maxkowskii’

Alocasia micholitziana ‘Maxkowskii’ is the most widely grown cultivar of Alocasia micholitziana, characterized by prominent white veins on a dark green velvet leaf surface.

Alocasia minuscula

Alocasia minuscula is a very small plant measuring 10-20 cm (4-8 in) in height. The stem is about 1 cm (1⁄5 in) wide, suberect, condensed, with roots along its length, and is covered with old leaf bases and marcescent cataphylls. It has several to nine leaves interspersed with papery membranous cataphylls. Petioles are 5-10 cm (2-4 in) long. The leaf blades are narrowly egg-shaped and roundly lanceolate, measuring 8-13 cm by 2-3 cm (3-5 in by 1 in), peltate, and leathery.

Alocasia minuscula is native to the Borneo island. It grows in the lowland peat swamp forest.

Alocasia monticola

Alocasia monticola is a moderately robust herb with erect or decumbent rhizomes about 30 cm (12 in) long and 3.5 cm (1.5 in) wide. It has six leaves with 45 cm (18 in) long petioles that are green and sometimes mottled dark red. There is a distinct spearhead shape (sometimes arrowhead-shaped) to the leaf blades, and they are held horizontally.

This species is native to New Guinea. It grows in lower montane rainforest undergrowth, usually in damp sites.

Alocasia navicularis

In addition to its massive size of 1.5 m (5 ft) and thickness, Alocasia navicularis is evergreen and contains milky latex. Leaves are several together, clustered at the tips of larger plants’ stems. Petioles can reach 1.5 meters (5 ft) long. Leaf blades are about 130 by 120 cm (51 by 47 in) and are heart-shaped and peltate.

Alocasia navicularis is synonymous with Colocasia navicularis. This species is native to Assam, Bangladesh, China (South-Central), India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. It grows in moist evergreen lower-montane forests and sometimes on limestone.

Alocasia nebula

The Alocasia nebula is 20-30 cm tall with a 2.5 cm thick stem. Leaves are about six in number and glabrous. The petioles are 15 cm long, dull pale green spotted with deep purple dots. The leaf blades are egg-shaped to arrowhead-shaped, leathery, matte gray-green on the upper surface, and dark reddish purple on the lower surface.

Alocasia nebula is synonymous with Alocasia guttata var. imperialism. This species is native to Borneo island. It grows on rainforest floors over limestone at low elevations.

Alocasia nicolsonii

Alocasia nicolsonii is a robust herb with a decumbent rhizome about 8 cm (3 in) in diameter. It bears a large number of leaves, sometimes up to 12. The petioles are about 90 cm (35 in) long, with scattered glands on the upper surface. The plant is covered in fibers or old leaf bases. The leaves are arrowhead-shaped to egg-shaped, dull to slightly glossy green on their upper surfaces and paler on their lower surfaces, sometimes with reddish-purple pigments.

This species is endemic to New Guinea. It grows in the mid-montane rainforests in damp places at about 1,700-2,700 m (5,577-8,858ft) altitude.

Alocasia nicolsonii differs from other known species of Alocasia by its melting sheath, reddish fruiting spathe, imprinted with synandria, and thin appendage.

Alocasia nycteris

Approximately 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, Alocasia nycteris has erect or decumbent stems, about 2 cm (1 in) wide. It has 1 m (3 ft) long petioles with blackish-green streaks that are sheathed for a quarter of its length. The leaves are up to 37 cm (14.5 in) long, spearhead-shaped to arrowhead-shaped, coriaceous, and have a dark glossy green.

Alocasia nycteris is synonymous with Alocasia advincula and Alocasia ‘Batwing’. This species is native to the Philippines. It grows in remnant lowland forests, secondary forests, on rocky areas, in shaded places along roadsides, and in the disturbed secondary forests near ricefields.

Alocasia odora

Alocasia odora is synonymous with Alocasia commutata, Alocasia subodorata, Alocasia tonkinensis, Arum odoratum, Arum odorum, Caladium odoratissimum, Caladium odorum, and Colocasia odora. This species is found in Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Alocasia odora ‘Blue’

Alocasia odora ‘Blue’ is a cultivar of Alocasia odora originating from Yunnan, China. Its name comes from the bluish color observed in the petioles and peduncles, which can sometimes also extend into the main veins of the leaf. The best color shows when the plant is grown in shade. The leaves are thinner and more papery in feel than those of the Alocasia odora.

Alocasia odora ‘Indian’

Alocasia odora ‘Indian’ is a cultivar of Alocasia odora. This cultivar resembles Alocasia cucullata, however, grows much larger, is a lighter shade of green overall, and produces many more blooms than Alocasia cucullata does.

Alocasia odora ‘Okinawa Silver’

The only variegated cultivar of Alocasia odora is ‘Okinawa Silver’. Compared to Alocasia odora, white-variegated Alocasia macrorrhizos, or white-variegated Alocasia gageana, it grows much smaller in size. In Alan Galloway’s report, the largest specimen measured 1 m (3 ft) high.

Although it’s hard to identify, Alocasia odora ‘Okinawa Silver’ has an asymmetry between the white and green sectors that is not seen in other cultivars of Alocasia odora, Alocasia gageana, or Alocasia macrorrhizos.

Alocasia pangeran

Alocasia pangeran grows to around 60 cm (24 in) tall and bears about four leaves. The leaves are variable, arrowhead-shaped to spearhead-shaped, triangular in outline, dark green on the upper surface, paler on the lower surface, and about 20-35 cm (8-14 in) long. The petioles are about 60 cm (24 in) long, smooth, and dark green.

This species is endemic to Sabah (Borneo), known only from Madai Caves, where it is abundant. It grows as a facultative lithophyte, found in soil and humus pockets on limestone outcrops and boulders in mixed lowland dipterocarp forest at around 400 m (1,312 ft) above sea level.

The Alocasia pangeran is distinguished from Alocasia princeps by its calcicolous lithophytic habit, smaller stature, more slender inflorescence, relatively longer lower spathe, and lax interstice. It coexists with the terrestrial Alocasia wongii and the lithophytic Alocasia puteri.

Alocasia peltata

About 30 cm (12 in) tall, Alocasia peltata has an elongated, slender, sprawling stem, with internodes up to 2 cm (1 in) long. There are a few leaves alternating with papery membranous lanceolate cataphylls along the stem. The petioles are about 16 cm (6 in) long. Leaf blades are narrowly elliptic to oblong-ovate, 12 to 28 cm (5-11 in) long, 3 to 10 cm (1-4 in) wide, peltate, somewhat leathery, glossy green or purple on the upper surface, and paler on the lower surface.

This species is endemic to Borneo, with scattered localities in Sarawak, Brunei, and central Kalimantan. It grows on mossy forest floors on ridges at about 1,200 m (3,937 ft) altitudes.

Alocasia kerinciensis and this species are similar in appearance, both having intramarginal veins, alternating foliage leaves and cataphylls, and (usually) elongated stems with lengthy internodes. The leaves and spathe are more slender, the appendix is longer, the male zone is entirely within the spathe, the pistils are longer, and the synandria aren’t as robust.

Alocasia peltata ‘Silver Grey’

Alocasia peltata ‘Silver Grey’ is a cultivar of Alocasia peltata with silvery grey leaves.

Alocasia perakensis

Alocasia perakensis is a semi-erect plant that grows to around 75 cm (29.5 in) tall (often smaller). Approximately 2.5 cm (1 in) wide, creeping to decumbent, elongated and with long internodes, the stems are irregularly interspersed with lanceolate cataphylls. There are several leaves along the stem, with 40 cm (16 in) long petioles that range in color from grey-green to purple-brown. The leaves range from dark green to grey-green and are egg-shaped to elliptic, peltate, leathery, and sub-succulent.

This species is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It grows in montane forests, in leaf litter and on rocks, mostly at 1,100-1,525 m (3,600-5,000 ft) altitude. It was also noted as low as 650 m (2,000 ft).

Alocasia perakensis ‘Silver Giant’

Alocasia perakensis ‘Silver Giant’ is a larger leafed silvery-green cultivar of Alocasia perakensis introduced in 2021/2022 by Silver Krome.

Alocasia portei

Alocasia portei is a massive arborescent pachycaul that reaches 6m (20ft.) tall. Its stems are about 40 cm wide at the base and older parts develop tessellated “bark.” Several leaves are present. Petioles are 1.5 m long, yellowish to dark green mottled chocolate. The leaves are arrowhead-shaped and pinnately divided, dark green, and leathery with ruffled margins.

Alocasia portei is synonymous with Schizocasia portei (1879), Schizocasia regnieri (1887), and Alocasia ‘Malaysian Monster’. This species is endemic to Luzon, Philippines. It grows in secondary forests at low to medium elevations.

Alocasia princeps

Alocasia princeps is a robust herb about 0.8-1.8 m (2.6-6 ft) tall with about four leaves. Petioles are suberect, about 1.6 m (5 ft) long, smooth to slightly rough but not scabrid. They are dark brownish green, faintly mottled with an oblique wavy pattern, and haphazardly marked with purple-brown dots and lines.

The leaf blades are about 55 cm (21.5 in) long, leathery but not sub-succulent, dark green, shining when young, pale, and sometimes more or less faintly flushed purple beneath. They are spearhead-shaped to arrowhead-shaped and triangular in outline. The leaf margins range from smooth to slightly wavy.

Alocasia princeps is synonymous with Alocasia porphyroneura. This species is endemic to Borneo, where it is widespread and common. It grows in rainforests, generally on well-drained slopes and ridgetops, on a variety of substrates including basalt and limestone, from more-or-less sea level to around 1,200 m (3,937 ft) altitude.

Alocasia princeps ‘Candy Sticks’

Alocasia princeps ‘Candy Sticks’ is a cultivar of Alocasia princeps.

Alocasia princeps ‘Purple Cloak’

Alocasia princeps ‘Purple Cloak’ is a cultivar of Alocasia princeps.

Alocasia principiculus

Alocasia principiculus is a small, lithophytic plant with several leaves. Its petioles are about 20-30 cm long, grey-green to dark purple-brown. It has leaves that are approximately 25 cm long, arrowhead-shaped to spearhead-shaped, and narrowly triangular in outline. The surface is dull to slightly glossy, distinctly grey-green above, paler below, and thinly leathery.

This species is endemic to Borneo, Sabah, and East Kalimantan. It grows in lowland rainforests, on and among limestone boulders at sea level to 600 m (1,969ft) altitudes.

Alocasia ‘Pseudo Sanderiana’

Alocasia ‘Pseudo Sanderiana’ is an Aroid with arrowhead-shaped leaves which are deep brownish green in color and feature purple undersides. Its beautiful silver veining is more laid-back than that of Alocasia Sanderiana and its leaves have less curvy margins.

Alocasia puber

Alocasia puber is a robust and massive Aroid with a stem about 10 cm (4 in) thick and several leaves. Petioles grow up to 1.5 m (5 ft) long, are hairy, and have a green to dark red color. The blades are usually arrowhead-shaped, growing to about 80 cm by 70 cm (32 by 28 in).

Alocasia puber is synonymous with Alocasia margaritae, Alocasia ovalifolia, Alocasia crassinervia, and Caladium pubigerum. This species is native to West to central Java, Southern Sumatera, and Peninsular Malaysia. It grows in open swampy areas, and wet places in open forests, from sea level to about 1,000 m (3,281 ft) altitudes.

Variegated Alocasia puber:

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