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Colocasia. Taro

Colocasia esculenta

Photo by Isabela
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Maceta

Notes:

La Manga. Foto nº 4 tomada en agosto 2010

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Colocasia esculenta

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Isabela
Thank you very much Peter24 for ID.
Peter24
This a narrowly peltate Alocasia which is often mistaken for Alocasia macrorrhizos, the common' elephant ear'. A. odora is often traded as an ornamental plant, and tolerates wide temperature range. It is widespread in mainland SE Asia from NE India to E Asia and as far north as Taiwan and southern Kyushu in Japan.

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PublishedMay 30, 2011

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