Common name
English: Giant Elephant Ear
Mandarin: 大野芋 (da ye yu)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Arales (13)
Family: Araceae (16)(family description)
Genus: Colocasia (2)
Epithet: gigantea (Blume) Hook.f. (3)
Synonyms: Caladium giganteum Blume, Colocasia prunipes K.Koch & C.D.Bouché, Leucocasia gigantea (Blume) Schott
gigantea => gigantic, unusually higher than the type
giganteum => gigantic, unusually higher than the type
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: hydrophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, white
External links
Check for Colocasia gigantea at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [105] International Aroid Society
- [1231] Colocasia - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
- [1322] Colocasia gigantea - Flora of China @ efloras.org