Leucocasia gigantea Schott

Species

Angiosperms > Alismatales > Araceae > Leucocasia

Characteristics

A perennial evergreen herb. It grows 2m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-9
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses food gene source medicinal poison
Edible flowers fruits leaves stems
Therapeutic use Cyanogenetic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Leucocasia gigantea world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:87427-1
WFO ID wfo-0000227228
COL ID 6PTJY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Leucocasia gigantea Caladium giganteum Colocasia gigantea Colocasia prunipes Arisaema fouyou