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Alocasia
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Alocasia is a genus of rhizomatous or tuberous, broad-leaved, perennial, flowering plants from the family Araceae. There are about 90 accepted species native to tropical and subtropical Asia and eastern Australia. Around the world, many growers widely cultivate a range of hybrids and cultivars as ornamentals.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyAraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 335
- With media
- 296
- Family
- Araceae
- Collections
- NHMUK, US, MO, BRIT, A
- Recorded in
- Nepal, Mexico, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ecuador, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia
Research
136 papers- Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities of Alocasia Species: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022
- Alocasia odora poisoning due to calcium oxalate needle crystals in Japan.Journal of rural medicine : JRM · 2024
- Alocasia odora-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles, their cytotoxicity, and virucidal potential.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2023
- Alocasia macrorrhiza rhizome lectin inhibits growth of pathogenic bacteria and human lung cancer cell in vitro and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cell in vivo in mice.Protein expression and purification · 2024
- Alocasia sakonakhonensis (Araceae), a new species from northeastern Thailand.Ecology and evolution · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Colocasieae
- Image
- P Alom D9903.jpg
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- taxon common name
- 海芋属
- has fruit type
- berry
- Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL
- naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Alocasia
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Species
- Nothospecies
- Cultivation
- See also
- References
- External links
Alocasia is a genus of rhizomatous or tuberous, broad-leaved, perennial, flowering plants from the family Araceae. There are about 90 accepted species native to tropical and subtropical Asia and eastern Australia. Around the world, many growers widely cultivate a range of hybrids and cultivars as ornamentals.
== Description == The large, cordate or sagittate leaves grow to a length of on long petioles. Their araceous flowers grow at the end of a short stalk, but are not conspicuous; often hidden behind the leaf petioles.
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