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The flower by H. Zell.

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
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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'.

 
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