Alocasia robusta
| Alocasia robusta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Alocasia |
| Species: | A. robusta
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| Binomial name | |
| Alocasia robusta M. Hotta
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Alocasia robusta is a gigantic herb of the arum family (Araceae) which is endemic to the island of Borneo. The plant is a rosette herb consisting of several very large leaves having a sagittate (arrowhead shaped) lamina or blade up to twelve feet (3.7 meters) long by nine feet (2.7 meters) wide,[1] borne on very stout petioles or stalks up to 12 feet (3.7 meters) in length. More recently, Anthony Lamb of the Sabah Agricultural Department found and measured one individual with a lamina fifteen feet (4.6 meters) in length.,[2] the largest leaf of any non-palm (Not belonging to the family Arecaceae). The inflorescence is the spathe and spadix typical of the Arum family, with the spathe being a very dark blackish-purple color. This species was unknown to science prior to 1967.[3][4] The plant is usually trunkless.
References
[edit]- ^ Boyce, Peter. "Alocasia robusta M.Hotta - the largest Alocasia species yet described". Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ <anonymous> (September 11, 2011). "Sabah's Record Breaking Plants". Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ^ Deni Bown, AROIDS - PLANTS OF THE ARUM FAMILY (Portland: Timber Press, 2000) p. 182.
- ^ "Alocasia odora (Roxb.) K. Koch, Alocasia odora, Exotic Rainforest rare tropical plants". Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
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