Alocasia fallax Schott

Species

Angiosperms > Alismatales > Araceae > Alocasia

Characteristics

A taro family herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Usage

The young leaves are fried with black cumin. The leaf stalks are cut into small pieces, boiled and fried with black cumin. The rhizome is cooked as curry and with other vegetables and sometimes with fish.
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Edible leaves rhizomes
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Distribution

Alocasia fallax world distribution map, present in Bangladesh

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:84167-1
WFO ID wfo-0000948977
COL ID C2VT
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Synonyms

Alocasia fallax