Alocasia robusta is a gigantic herb of the arum family (Araceae) which is endemic to the island of Borneo. The plant is a rosette herb consisting of several very large leaves having 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] the largest leaf of any non-palm (Not belonging to the family Arecaceae). The inflorescence is the spathe and spadix typical of the Arum family, with the spathe being a very dark blackish-purple color. This species was unknown to science prior to 1967.[2][3] The plant is usually trunkless.
| 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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References
edit- ^ <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.
- ^ "Alocasia odora (Roxb.) K. Koch, Alocasia odora, Exotic Rainforest rare tropical plants". Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
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