Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don
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Filed As
Araceae
Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don -
Collector(s)
T. G. Yuncker 9922, 27 Jan 1940
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Location
Niue. Edge of forest along road 3 mi. of Lakepa village.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 3774030
Occurrence ID: f96c8fdb-19fd-4627-9e27-c2c0bec555d6
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Alismatales
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Family
Araceae
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All Determinations
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Region
Oceania
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Country
Niue
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Locality
Edge of forest along road 3 mi. of Lakepa village
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Elevation
Alt. 65 m. (213 ft.)
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Location Notes
[Pacifica]
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Distribution
TRUMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (Wli) PURCHASED BY MY 1« 1987 Alocasia macrorrhiza (Linnaeus) Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4:409, 1854. Stem 1 or more m. tall and up to 15 or more cm. in diameter. Leaves cordate- sagittate, glabrous, margins entire or wavy, obtuse to acuminate, up to 1 m. long and 60 ) cm. wide but commonly smaller in some varieties, petioles up to 1 or more meters long, ; sheathing at the base. Flowers monoecious, on a fleshy spadix, enclosed in a greenish spathe. Cultivated commonly , as an ornamental (9922, 9991, 9993,- 9994, 9995, 9996, 9997, 10135). The stems may be used for food in times of food short- age. English name, giant taro; native name, kape. The following listed varieties were seen: ?; ___ --1---u Kape kaihule: petioles reddish at the bottom. Kapekula: petioles red. Kape laumao: petioles green. Kape matamata: petioles green with purplish lines. Kape pulaka: petioles green above, reddish below. Kape tea: petioles yellow, leaves large. Kape uli: petioles nearly black. , NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 03774Q30 [eW yo^ BOTANICAL Presented fcfDPU Herb by T. G. Yuncker DEPAUW UNIV. HERBARIUM. 25762 HERBARIUM T. G. YUNCKER Island __P'. Bishop Museum no. 9922 LLocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott Edge of forest along road 3 m** of Lakepa village. 65 m. alt. Jan. 27, 1940. ‘kape* s.w, fnCow-T. G. Yuncxes Det. 03774030
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Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don