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Elephant Ear Plant

Colocasia esculenta

Photo by audreya1
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

No fruit and no flowers.
Leaf shape: Cordate
Length (at longest point): 17cm
Width (at widest point): 14cm
Leaf Margins: undulate
Leaf veation; netted pinnale
Leaf Arrangement: opposite
Leaf Texture: waxy, deep with large veins.
Root system: buttresses

Habitat:

Warm humid environment. Found in Singapore Rainforest (tropical)
Has a lot of rain.

Notes:

One large root and huge leaves.Other: It has big leafs and gets up to 20-150cm long.

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Comments (1)
kfox
This is a fantastic picture. I like how you include information about the root system you saw.

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