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 aroid family (Araceae) which is endemic to the island of Borneo. The plant is a rosette herb consisting of several leaves with a sagittate (arrowhead shaped) lamina or blade up to twelve feet (3.7 meters) long by eight feet (2.4 meters) wide, 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.[1] This species was unknown to science prior to 1967.[2][3] The plant is usually trunkless.
References[]
- ^ <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.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
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