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Alocasia macrorrhiza
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Family:
ARACEAE
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Citation: Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) G. Don in Sweet, Hort. Brit. (ed. 3) 631. 1839, "macrorrhizon"; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 526. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1582(1104). 1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 306. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 434. 1984; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 471. 1998; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 727. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 911. 2009.
Arum macrorrhizon L., Sp. Pl. 965. 1753.
Caladium macrorrhizon (L.) R.Br., Prodr. 336. 1810.
Colocasia macrorrhizos (L.) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot. 18. 1832.
Arum indicum Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 536. 1790.
Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 12: 47. 1846.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aanachembu, Aassamchembu, Chembu, Eezhachembu, Marenchembu, Pazhchembu
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English name(s):
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Description:
Stout perennial herbs; stem horizontal or erect, 4-5 cm thick. Leaves several, to 48 x 33 cm; ovate, acute, proximal lobes rounded; nerves to 8 pairs, lowest pair bear the lateral nerves of the lobes, intercostae parallel, joining at the middle. Peduncle to 30 cm long, stout; spathe to 28 cm long, constricted at middle, yellowish green; spadix to 20 cm long, cylindrical, 1-1.5 cm thick, continuous. Male flowers in upper to 12 cm of the spadix; stamens 6, united into a hexagonal synandrium. Female flowers in basal 3 cm of the spadix; ovary 1-celled, ovules 3, basal. Neuter flowers flat, hexagonal.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Tropical Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow, Green
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Koruthode
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