Alocasia macrorrhizos(ALDMA)
Overview Code created in: 2002-07-18
- EPPO Code: ALDMA
- Preferred name: Alocasia macrorrhizos
- Authority: (Linnaeus) G. Don
Malesia (eastern), New Guinea, Australia. A wild species, resembling the edible taro, but toxic. Also cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in India, Indochina, Malesia (western), China, Africa (Guinée, Sudan), Central and South America
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Alocasia indica | (Loureiro) Spach |
| Alocasia plumbea | van Houtte |
| Colocasia indica | (Loureiro) Kunth |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| cunjevoi | English (AU) |
| giant alocasia | English |
| giant elephant's ear | English |
| giant taro | English |
| pai | English |
| upright elephant ear | English |
| Alokasie | German |
| indische Tropenwurz | German |
| riesenblättrige Pfeilblatt | German |
| Riesentaro | German |
| alocasie | French |
| alocasie à grandes racines | French |
| alocasie à grosse racine | French |
| oreille d'éléphant | French |
| songe blanc | French |
| songe caraïbe | French |
| songe sauvage | French |
| taro géant | French |
| orecchie di elefante | Italian |
| olifantsoor | Dutch |
| inhame-assú | Portuguese |
| inhame-gigante | Portuguese |
| inhame-vermelho | Portuguese |
| orelha-de-elefante-gigante | Portuguese |
| taro | Portuguese |
| alokasia | Swedish |
| kuwazuimo | Japanese |
| クワズイモ | Japanese |
| алоказия крупнокорневищная | Russian |
| rè yà hǎi yù | Chinese |
| 热亚海芋 | Chinese |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal monocotyledons (
1MOND )
Order
Alismatales (
1ALIO )
Family
Araceae (
1ARMF )
Subfamily
Aroideae (
1ARMS )
Genus
Alocasia (
1ALDG )
Species
Alocasia macrorrhizos (
ALDMA )