efloraofindia:''For Id 13082011MR1’’ plant with big leaves at PUNE: Kindly help me identify this plant with the following specifications
Date/Time- 13/08/2011 5.00 pm
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- PUNE Maharashtra
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Garden
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Shrub
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Big in size grow fast
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- not seen
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- not seen
Yes a colocasia... in bengali one of the varietie is called "ol kochu"... , the tubers are eaten as a substitute for potatoe.. cooked the ame way Just plant the tubers when ripe and you get these kind a leaves.. Yes, Alocasia genus belongs to the tribe Colocasieae of Araceae family. I meant to say that this plant would most probably belong to the Genus Colocasia and not belong to the genus Alocasia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alocasia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araceae ... had identified it as Colocasia and I think she is correct. The rounded bases (and not hastate as in Alocasia) characterise Colocasia. Please help ID.... Araceae plant in bloom: Pls help ID this plnt seen growing wild in outskirts of Calcutta. Its sid to be a kind of wild "Kachu' ( Bengali)
monocot (Araceae?) ID :: 11/03/12 :: Hooghly (WB) SK-3: This Colocasia like wild plant is common in this area. Could it be any Typhonium sp.? Species : Unknown Type : wild, roadside Date : 20-Dec-2011, 11.53 a.m. Place : Garalgacha (Hooghly), WB I will go Colocasia ....Typhonium has different leaf structure. I think it is a kind of Schismatoglottis I was doing a google search just a while ago and received the following images of similar looking pods - Could it be in anyway a Colocasia or Alocasia species as have been suggested by ...? |
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