Author: |
Heinrich Wilhelm Schott,
1832 |
Family: |
ARACEAE |
Origin: |
Bismarck
Archipelago, Borneo, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines,
Queensland; AU, Solomon Island, Sulawesi; Indonesia |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Maximum |
Sun: |
Minimum
- Medium |
Thickness: |
20
Centimetres |
Height: |
2
Meters |
Flower:
|
White
- Crème |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Offsets/Rhizomes/Cuttings |
Names:
|
Wild
Taro, Giant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear, Upright Elephant Ear
|
Synonyms: |
Arum macrorrhizum Linnaeus, 1753.
Alocasia macrorrhizos Schott,
1832 / G. Don, 1839.
Alocasia macrorrhizos, L. A. S.
Johnson and Dan H. Nicolson, 1986.
Alocasia cordifolia, Cordem.
Alocasia grandis N.E.Br.
Alocasia marginata N.E.Br.
Alocasia pallida K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte
Alocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Schott
Arum cordifolium Bory
Arum macrorrhizon L.
1753
Arum mucronatum Lam.
Arum peregrinum L.
Arum rapiforme Roxb.
Caladium indicum K.Koch
Caladium macrorrhizon (L.) R.Br.
Caladium metallicum Engl.
Caladium plumbeum K.Koch
Calla badian Blanco
Calla maxima Blanco
Colocasia boryi Kunth
Colocasia macrorrhizos (L.) Schott
Colocasia mucronata (Lam.) Kunth
Colocasia peregrina (L.) Raf.
Colocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Kunth
Philodendron peregrinum (L.) Kunth
Philodendron punctatum Kunth.
By mistake?:
A.
macrorrhiza and A. macrorrhizo. |
This
member of the Araceae family was given this name by Heinrich Wilhelm
Schott in 1832. It is found in
Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo,
Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland; AU, Solomon Island and
Sulawesi; Indonesia,
growing in a rich but well drained soil with lots of water and
fertilizer. It doesn't need much sun, but can stand some. The
rhizomes will get 20 centimetres in diameter, the stem will reach
for up to two meters or more. The flowers are white to crème, and
the plants can be reproduced both by seeds, offsets, cuttings of the
rhizomes and stems.
The genera name is an
anagram of Colocasia, which it resembles. The species name means
'big-rooted'. |