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Giant Taro

Colocasia gigantea

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2 Species ID Suggestions

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Ashish
Ashish 11 years ago
Giant Taro
Colocasia gigantea Taro, Colocasia gigantea, giant taro, Aroids, Araceae, of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China China
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Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago
Alocasia
Alocasia Alocasia


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4 Comments

Peter24
Peter24 6 years ago

This is definitely not Colocasia gigantea.

It may be Alocasia macrorrhizos or a closely related species in the 'macrorrhizos group' described by A. Hay.

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Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Mostly Colocasia Gigantea

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Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Elephant Ear....

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

It looks more like alocasia to me.

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Lenny2
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Lenny2

Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Jun 23, 2011
Submitted on Sep 2, 2012

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