page_title: Alocasia
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Alocasia / Species
context_page_description: Alocasia is a genus of broad-leaved rhizomatous or tuberous perennial flowering plants from the family Araceae. There are 79 species native to tropical and subtropical Asia to Eastern Australia, and widely cultivated elsewhere.
context_section_description: The following are the accepted species classified under Alocasia along with their common names (where available) and distribution ranges:
  Alocasia acuminata Schott: (Indonesia)
  Alocasia aequiloba N.E.Br.: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia alba Schott: (Sri Lanka)
  Alocasia arifolia Hallier f.: (Malaysia)
  Alocasia atropurpurea Engl.: (Philippines)
  Alocasia augustiana L.Linden & Rodigas: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia baginda Kurniawan & P.C.Boyce: (Kalimantan)
  Alocasia balgooyi A.Hay: (Sulawesi)
  Alocasia beccarii Engl.: (Malaysia)
  Alocasia boa A.Hay: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia boyceana A.Hay: (Philippines)
  Alocasia brancifolia (Schott) A.Hay: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia brisbanensis (F.M.Bailey) Domin: Cunjevoi, spoon lily (Australia)
  Alocasia cadieri Chantrier: (SE Asia)
  Alocasia celebica Engl. ex Koord: (Sulawesi)
  Alocasia clypeolata A.Hay: Green shield (Philippines)
  Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G.Don in R.Sweet: Chinese taro (Indonesia)
  Alocasia culionensis Engl.: (Philippines)
  Alocasia cuprea K.Koch: (Borneo)
  Alocasia decipiens Schott: (Indonesia)
  Alocasia decumbens  Buchet: (Vietnam)
  Alocasia devansayana (L.Linden & Rodigas) Engl.: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia fallax Schott: (East Himalaya to Bangladesh)
  Alocasia flabellifera A.Hay: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia flemingiana Yuzammi & A.Hay: (Java)
  Alocasia fornicata (Roxb.) Schott: (India, Indonesia)
  Alocasia gageana Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler: (Burma)
  Alocasia grata Prain ex Engl. & Krause in H.G.A.Engler: (Indonesia)
  Alocasia hainaica N.E.Br.: (Hainan to N. Vietnam)
  Alocasia heterophylla (C.Presl) Merr.: (Philippines)
  Alocasia hollrungii Engl.: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia hypnosa J.T.Yin, Y.H.Wang & Z.F.Xu: (Southwest China to Indochina)
  Alocasia hypoleuca P.C.Boyce: (Thailand)
  Alocasia infernalis P.C.Boyce: (Borneo)
  Alocasia inornata Hallier f.: (Sumatra)
  Alocasia jiewhoei V.D.Nguyen: (Cambodia)
  Alocasia kerinciensis A.Hay: (Sumatra)
  Alocasia lancifolia Engl.: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia lauterbachiana (Engl.) A.Hay: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia lecomtei Engl.: (Vietnam)
  Alocasia longiloba Miq.: (Malaysia)
  Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don in R.Sweet: Giant taro, elephant ear, ape flower (SE Asia, Australia, Pacific)
  Alocasia megawatiae Yuzammi & A.Hay: (Sulawesi)
  Alocasia maquilingensis Merr.: (Philippines)
  Alocasia melo A.Hay: (Borneo)
  Alocasia micholitziana Sander: Elephant’s ear plant (Philippines)
  Alocasia minuscula A.Hay: (Borneo)
  Alocasia monticola A.Hay: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia navicularis (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) K.Koch & C.D.Bouché: (Himalaya)
  Alocasia nebula A.Hay: (Borneo)
  Alocasia nicolsonii A.Hay: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia nycteris Medecilo, G.C.Yao & Madulid: (Philippines)
  Alocasia odora (Lindl.) K.Koch: Night-scented lily (SE Asia, China)
  Alocasia pangeran A.Hay: (Borneo)
  Alocasia peltata M.Hotta: (Borneo)
  Alocasia perakensis Hemsl.: (Malaysia)
  Alocasia portei Schott: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia princeps W.Bull: (Malaysia)
  Alocasia principiculus A.Hay: (Borneo)
  Alocasia puber (Hassk.) Schott: (Java)
  Alocasia puteri A.Hay: (Borneo)
  Alocasia pyrospatha A.Hay: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia ramosii A.Hay: (Philippines)
  Alocasia reginae N.E.Br.: (Borneo)
  Alocasia reginula A.Hay: Black velvet (cultivated)
  Alocasia reversa N.E.Br.: (Philippines)
  Alocasia ridleyi A.Hay: (Borneo)
  Alocasia robusta M.Hotta: (Borneo)
  Alocasia sanderiana W.Bull: (Philippines)
  Alocasia sarawakensis M.Hotta: (Borneo)
  Alocasia scabriuscula N.E.Br.: (Borneo)
  Alocasia scalprum A.Hay: (Philippines)
  Alocasia simonsiana A.Hay: (New Guinea)
  Alocasia sinuata N.E.Br.: (Philippines)
  Alocasia suhirmaniana Yuzammi & A.Hay: (Sulawesi)
  Alocasia venusta A.Hay: (Borneo)
  Alocasia vietnamensis V.D.Nguyen: (Vietnam)
  Alocasia wentii  Engl. & K.Krause: New Guinea Shield (New Guinea)
  Alocasia wongii  A.Hay: (Borneo)
  Alocasia zebrina Schott ex Van Houtte: (Philippines)
caption: Giant taro or ape flower (Alocasia macrorrhizos).
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