Alocasia macrorrhizos

Alocasia macrorrhizos
Leaves
Inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Alocasia
Species:
A. macrorrhizos
Binomial name
Alocasia macrorrhizos
Synonyms
28 synonyms
  • Arum macrorrhizon L.
  • Caladium macrorrhizon (L.) R.Br.
  • Colocasia macrorrhizos (L.) Schott
  • Alocasia cordifolia (Bory) Cordem.
  • Alocasia gigas Chantrier ex André
  • Alocasia grandis N.E.Br.
  • Alocasia harrisii-pulchrum Pynaert
  • Alocasia insignis Pynaert
  • Alocasia marginata N.E.Br.
  • Alocasia pallida K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
  • Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte
  • Alocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Schott
  • Alocasia uhinkii Engl. & K.Krause
  • Arum cordifolium Bory
  • Arum mucronatum Lam.
  • Arum peregrinum L.
  • Arum rapiforme Roxb.
  • Caladium indicum K.Koch
  • Caladium metallicum Engl.
  • Caladium plumbeum K.Koch
  • Calla badian Blanco
  • Calla maxima Blanco
  • Colocasia boryi Kunth
  • Colocasia mucronata (Lam.) Kunth
  • Colocasia peregrina (L.) Raf.
  • Colocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Kunth
  • Philodendron peregrinum (L.) Kunth
  • Philodendron punctatum Kunth

Alocasia macrorrhizos is a species of flowering plant in the arum family (Araceae) that is native to rainforests of Maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and the Murray Islands group in the Torres Strait. It has long been cultivated in South Asia, the Philippines, many Pacific islands, and elsewhere in the tropics, in the order of tens of thousands of years. Common names include giant taro, giant alocasia, ʻape, biga, and pia. In Australia it is known as the cunjevoi (a term which also refers to a marine animal).