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Alocasia brisbanensis Domin

Cunjevoi (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Alismatales > Araceae > Alocasia

Characteristics

Massive, erect to decumbent herb; rhizome c. 10–15 cm diam., clothed in old leaf bases. Leaves: petiole green to pinkish purple and faintly marbled to deep chocolate brown; blade sagittate, to c. 80 cm long; posterior lobes acute to rectangular; secondary venation flush with lamina abaxially, not forming interprimary collective veins. Inflorescences on long robust peduncles subequalling petioles; spathe c. 25 cm long, constricted between ¼ and ⅓ way from base; limb opening wide, green to yellowish green, leathery; spadix subequalling spathe; female zone c. 3 cm long, separated from male zone by a long attenuate sterile interstice; male zone c. 8 cm long; synandria narrow, longitudinally orientated, 2–36-staminate; anthers opening by apical pores; appendix subequalling male zone, tapering to a point.
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A taro family plant. It looks very similar to Alocasia macrorrhiza. It is an erect herb. It grows 2 m tall. The stems are thick and fleshy. The leaves are alternate and very large. They can be 70 cm long by 60 cm across. The leaf stalk is usually inserted at the edge of the leaf. The flowers are close together along the stalk. These have a leafy spathe around them. The fruit are red oval berries.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system rhizome
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in subtropical rainforest.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Caution: It contains calcium oxalate crystals that can burn the throat.
Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions.
Mode divisions
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Images

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Distribution

Alocasia brisbanensis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:84136-1
WFO ID wfo-0000948659
COL ID 65X5X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Alocasia brisbanensis Alocasia macrorrhizos var. brisbanensis
WorldFloraDB 2024