Wild Flowering Plants
| Araceae family Alocasia macrorrhizos (Linnaeus) G. Don in Sweet, Hort. Brit. (ed. 3) 631. 1839. Bas.: Arum macrorrhizon Linnaeus (1753). Malanga. Giant (upright) tayo. Naturalized common robust herb of swampy lowland areas. Possibly native to Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka There is a cultivated variegated variety – giant upright elephant ear. Does not seem to form flowers or fruits. |