Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte. The common name for the plant is 'Hardy elephant ear' and it is indeed rather hardy. Closely related to Alocasia macrorrhizos, and often confused with it[200. Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Below 7 degrees Celsius the plant will go into a state of slumber and lose its leaves. Alocasia and Colocasia are both plants of the Araceae family. Arum odorum (Lindl.)
Edible Uses The corms are eaten in parts of India[46. Alocasia montana (Roxb.)
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Alocasia odora (called Ray) can be used as medicine for the treatment of common cold in North Vietnam.. Alocasia grandis N.E.Br.. Alocasia indica (Lour.) Alocasia tonkinensis Engl. Alocasia wentii is a artificial crossbreed between Alocasia odora and Alocasia gageana from South-East Asia. Difference Between Alocasia & Colocasia. Alocasia odora (also called night-scented lily, Asian taro or giant upright elephant ear) is a flowering plant native to East and Southeast Asia (Japan, China, Indochina, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Taiwan). ... Alocasia commutata Schott. Alocasia marginata N.E.Br.. Alocasia metallica Schott. Alocasia macrorrhizos, commonly called giant taro or upright elephant ears, is a rhizomatous tropical perennial of the arum family that is treasured both for its giant ornamentally decorative leaves which resemble the ears of an elephant and its edible rhizomes which have been cultivated for many years in the tropics as an edible vegetable under the common name of taro. Schott
Publication Both species have very large leaves, and both are called elephant’s ears. Araceae. K.Koch. Alocasia odora (Lindl.) Spach. Alocasia pallida K.Koch & C.D.Bouché. non-edible: Product info. Schott. Noteworthy Characteristics. Alocasia cordifolia (Bory) Cordem.. Alocasia gigas Chantrier ex André.
Alocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Arum odoratum Heynh.
In Manipur, local name is Hoomu.