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Taxon:
Alocasia macrorrhizos
(L.) G. Don
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Alocasia
Family:
Araceae
Subfamily:
Aroideae
Tribe:
Colocasieae
Nomen number:
2492
Place of publication:
R. Sweet, Hort. brit. ed. 3:631. 1839 "
macrorhizon
"
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
11/06/2006
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Arum macrorrhizon
L.
Autonym(s)
Alocasia macrorrhizos
(L.) G. Don var.
macrorrhizos
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alocasia indica
(Lour.) Spach
Alocasia macrorrhizos
(L.) G. Don var.
rubra
(Hassk.) Furtado
Alocasia macrorrhizos
(L.) G. Don var.
variegata
(K. Koch & C. D. Bouché) Furtado
Alocasia variegata
K. Koch & C. D. Bouché
Arum indicum
Lour.
Colocasia indica
(Lour.) Kunth
Colocasia indica
(Lour.) Kunth var.
indica
Colocasia indica
(Lour.) Kunth var.
rubra
Hassk.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Balick, M. J. et al.
2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Boggan, J. et al.
1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
Bunting, G. S. & D. H. Nicolson.
1963. The
Alocasia plumbea
confusion. Baileya 11:143-146.
Burger, W. C., ed.
1971-. Flora costaricensis.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1987. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 6:58.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Everest, S. L.
1981. Poisonous plants of Australia.
Note:
poisonous
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Alocasia+macrorrhizos&quantity=1
Funk, V. et al.
2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin.
2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Hay, A. et al.
1995. Checklist & botanical bibliography of the aroids of Malesia, Australia, and the tropical western Pacific. Blumea suppl. 8
Hay, A.
1998. The genus
Alocasia
(Araceae-Colocasieae) in west Malesia and Sulawesi. Gard. Bull. Singapore 50:221-334.
Hay, A.
1999. The genus
Alocasia
(Araceae-Colocasieae) in th Philippines. Gard. Bull. Singapore 51:1-41.
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann.
1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Note:
poisonous
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
2000. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Nauheimer, L. et al.
2012. Giant taro and its relatives: a phylogeny of the large genus
Alocasia
(Araceae) sheds light on Miocene floristic exchange in the Malesian region. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 63:43-51.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Nicolson, D. H.
1986. Species epithets and gender information. Taxon 35:326.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
concerning spelling of specific epithet
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Quero Garcia, J. et al.
2008. Morphological variation and reproductive characteristics of wild giant taro (
Alocasia macrorrhizos
, Araceae) populations in Vanuatu. New Zealand J. Bot. 45:189-203.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds.
2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Wagner, W. L. et al.
1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
Walker, E.
1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Wunderlin, R. P.
1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida
Common names
English
ape –
Reference(s)
cunjevoi –
Reference(s)
giant alocasia –
Reference(s)
giant taro –
Reference(s)
pai –
Reference(s)
French
alocasie –
Reference(s)
German
Alokasie –
Reference(s)
riesenblättriges Pfeilblatt –
Reference(s)
India
mankachu –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
inhame-açú –
Reference(s)
orelha-de-elefante-gigante –
Reference(s)
taiá-Rio-Branco –
Reference(s)
taioba –
Reference(s)
Spanish
malanga –
Reference(s)
Swedish
alokasia –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Kalimantan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Solomon Islands
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Queensland
2
Cultivated
widely cult.
3
Adventive
adventive elsewhere
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Jawa
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Lesser Sunda Islands
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Sulawesi
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Sumatera
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
Kaua‘i , O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, & Maui
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Marshall Islands
4
Naturalized
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
Society Islands
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Samoa
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Tonga
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Vanuatu
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Native
Asia-Tropical
PAPUASIA:
Solomon Islands
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Kalimantan],
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Queensland]
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Adventive
(adventive elsewhere)
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Sri Lanka
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Sulawesi, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatera]
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida]
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii (Kaua‘i , O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, & Maui)]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Marshall Islands
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
[Society Islands]
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
New Caledonia
,
Tonga
,
Vanuatu
,
Samoa
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
United States
[Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Nicaragua
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Suriname
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Peru
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Human food
starch
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Human food
vegetable
leaves and stem cooked
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1987. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 6:58.
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann.
1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Note:
poisonous
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Everest, S. L.
1981. Poisonous plants of Australia.
Note:
poisonous
Name
References