Occasionally, I am asked why I use botanical names for plants and shrubs, rather than simply calling it by it's common name.
Common names can vary from country to country, and region to region.
Unless you knew the botanical name, I wouldn't have any idea which one you were talking about. Alocasia odora is a tropical plant from Borneo, and Asia. Colocasia esculenta is the common Caladium, grown from bulbs. Philodendron bipinnatifidum is the common houseplant, Philodendron selloum. Haemanthus albiflos is a bulb grown plant, belonging to the same family as an Amaryllis.