Alocasia robusta

Alocasia robusta

"Alocasia robusta" is a gigantic herb of the aroid family which is endemic to the island of Borneo. The plant is a rosette herb consisting of several leaves with a sagittate lamina or blade up to twelve feet long by eight feet wide, borne on very stout petioles or stalks up to 12 feet in length.
Plant - Alocasia robusta  Alocasia robusta,Malaysia,Plant,Sarawak

Appearance

More recently, Anthony Lamb of the Sabah Agricultural Department found and measured one individual with a lamina fifteen feet in length. The inflorescence is the spathe and spadix typical of the Arum family, with the spathe being a very dark blackish-purple color. This species was unknown to science prior to 1967. The plant is usually trunkless.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAlismatales
FamilyAraceae
GenusAlocasia
SpeciesA. robusta
Photographed in
Malaysia