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Alocasia macrorrhiza

Scientific Name
Alocasia macrorrhiza
Family Name
Araceae
Common Names
Local Names
Badiang (tagalog) (Philippines), Nai habarala (Sri Lanka), Ráy dại, dã vu, khoai sáp (Vietnam)
Description
A large herb rootstock tuherous, creeping and ascending. 60-90cm high, annularlyscarred; leaves simple, large, very stoutly and long petioled, 60-l20cm long, l5-45cmbroad, peltate, broadly sagittately ovate, margins sub-undulate, basal lobes roundedand incurved, midrib stout. penniveined with two strong basal veins descending intothe basal lobes, petioles 60-120cm long; spathes 2 or more together, stoutly peduncled,15-30cm long, odorous, tube 7.5-i0cm long, narrowly ellipsoid, limb narrowlycymbiform, top hooded and cuspidate, pale green, somelirnes spot or streaked withred; spadix nearly as long as the spathe, appendage nearly as long as the floweringportion, smooth, sinuously sulcate, pale yellow or greenish; male and i parts of theinflorescence distant, separated by neuters; male flowers of densely ackcd, connate, 8-10 celled masses of anthers; female flowers crowded, globose, ovary incompletely 4-locciar, stigma subsessile, pulvinate, ovules few, erect; fruit, berries about 2cmdiameter.Generally in flosser during February. (Sri Lanka)
Perennial herb, 0.5-lm. high. Rhizome cylindrical, long, stout, with many nodes.Leaves large, ovate - cordate with long stalks, surrounding the stem; margins wavy.Inflorescence in spadix, bearing male flowers above and female below. Berry ovoid,red when ripe. (Vietnam)
Uses
Lip sting (Philippines)
Dog bite, piles, fever, painful joints (Sri Lanka)
Impetigo, furunculosis, phlegmon, snake bite, colic, vomiting (Vietnam)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Sri Lanka - Pattipola
Vietnam - Sa Pa
Remarks
Alocasia macrorrhiza (IPNI)

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