Alocasia
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{{Taxobox
| name = Alocasia
| image = P Alom D9903.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Alocasia macrorrhiza''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Alismatales]]
| familia = [[Araceae]]
| genus = '''''Alocasia'''''
| genus_authority = ([[Heinrich Wilhelm Schott|Schott]]) [[George Don|G.Don]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Alocasia''''' is a genus of broad-leaved rhizomatous or bulbous perennials from the Family [[Araceae]]. There are about 70 species of ''Alocasia'' occurring in [[Asia]], [[Oceania]] and [[South America]]. The large cordate or sagittate [[Leaf|leaves]] grow to a length of 20 to 90 cm on long [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]]s. Their beautiful araceous [[flower]]s grow at the end of short stalk, but are not conspicuous, often hidden behind the leaf petioles.
The stem (a [[corm]]) is edible, but contains [[Ergastic substance#Crystals|raphid]] crystals of [[oxalic acid]] that can numb and swell the tongue and pharynx. The corms require prolonged boiling before serving or processing as a food.
Some hybrids, such as the Amazon Lily of the African Mask (''Alocasia'' x ''amazonica''), are grown as ornamentals.
== Species ==
*''Alocasia acuminata'': (Indonesia)
*''Alocasia aequiloba'': (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia alba'': (Sri Lanka)
*''Alocasia amazonica'': (South East Asia)
*''Alocasia argyrea'':
*''Alocasia arifolia'': (Malaysia)
*''Alocasia atropurpurea'': (Philippines)
*''Alocasia augustiana'':
*''Alocasia × bachi'' (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia balgooyi'': (Sulawesi)
*''Alocasia beccarii'': (Malaysia)
*''Alocasia boa'': (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia boyceana'': (Philippines)
*''Alocasia brancifolia'' : (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia brisbanensis'': (Australia)
*''Alocasia cadieri'': (SE Asia)
*''Alocasia celebica'': (Sulawesi)
[[Image:Giant alocasia.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Giant Alocasia in [[Botanic garden]] Mont Fleuri in [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] on [[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé]] Island.]]
*''Alocasia × chantrieri'': (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia × chantrieriana'': (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia clypeolata'': Green Shield (Philippines)
*''Alocasia × conspicua'' (= A. longiloba × A.odora ) (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia coriacea'': (unplaced name)
*''[[Alocasia cucullata]]'': Chinese Taro (Indonesia)
*''Alocasia culionensis'': (Philippines)
*''Alocasia cuprea'': (Borneo)
*''Alocasia decipiens '' : (Indonesia)
*''Alocasia decumbens '' : (Vietnam)
*''Alocasia denudata'': (Singapore)
*''Alocasia devansayana'' : (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia evrardii '' : (SE Asia) (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia fallax'' : (East Himalaya to Bangladesh)
*''Alocasia flabellifera '' : (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia flemingiana '' : (Java)
*''Alocasia fornicata '' : (Indonesia)
*''Alocasia gageana'' : (Myanmar)
[[Image:Alocasiamacrorrhiza1web.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Giant taro or Ape plant]]
*''Alocasia × gaulainii'' : (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia grandis '' : (Indonesia) (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia grata '' : (Indonesia)
*''Alocasia hainanensis'' : (Hainan, China)
*''Alocasia hainaica'' : (Hainan to N. Vietnam)
*''Alocasia heterophylla'' : (Philippines)
*''Alocasia hollrungii'' : (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia infernalis'' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia inornata'': (Sumatra)
*''Alocasia kerinciensis'' : (Sumatra)
*''Alocasia lancifolia '' : (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia lauterbachiana'' : (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia longiloba'': (Malaysia)
*''Alocasia macrorrhizos'' : Giant Taro, Elephant Ear, Ape flower (SE Asia, Australia, Pacific)
**''Alocasia macrorrhizos'' var. ''brisbanensis'' : (Australia)
*''Alocasia maquilingensis '' : (Philippines)
*''Alocasia melo '' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia micholitziana'': Elephant’s Ear Plant (Philippines)
*''Alocasia minuscula '' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia monticola'' : (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia × mortfontanensis'' : (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia navicularis '' : (Himalaya)
*''Alocasia nebula '' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia nicolsonii'' : (New Guinea)
*''[[Alocasia odora]]'': Night-scented Lily (SE Asia, China)
*''Alocasia pangeran '' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia peltata '' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia perakensis '' : (Malaysia)
*''Alocasia portei '' : (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia princeps '' : (Malaysia)
*''Alocasia principiculus '' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia puber'' : (Java)
*''Alocasia puteri '' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia putii '' : (Thailand) (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia pyrospatha'' : (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia ramosii '' : (Philippines)
*''Alocasia rapiformis'' : (Myanmar) (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia regina '' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia reginula'': Black Velvet (''cultivated'')
*''Alocasia reversa'' : (Philippines)
*''Alocasia ridleyi '' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia robusta'' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia × rodigasiana'' : (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia sanderiana'': (Malaysia)
*''Alocasia sarawakensis'' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia scabriuscula '' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia scalprum '' : (Philippines)
*''Alocasia × sedeni'' : (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia simonsiana '' : (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia sinuata'' : (Malaysia)
*''Alocasia suhirmaniana'' : (Sulawesi)
*''Alocasia x van-houtteana'' : (unplaced name)
*''Alocasia venusta '': (Borneo)
*''Alocasia wentii'': New Guinea Shield (New Guinea)
*''Alocasia wongii '' : (Borneo)
*''Alocasia zebrina'': (Philippines)
All hybrids have been obtained artificially.
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