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keladi, elephant ear

Caladium sp.

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

"There are over 1000 named cultivars of Caladium bicolor from the original South American plant." [see reference link]. Probably C. bicolor rather than C. humboldtii.

Habitat:

This spotting growing as ornamental in semi-urban yard & garden in the equatorial tropics.

Notes:

Propagated by tuber.

Reference Links:

Caladium

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Biota of S. Frazier's Yard at Sentani, Papua, Indonesia

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PublishedNovember 15, 2011

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