Accession Data

Colocasia affinis

Family: Araceae

Country of Origin: Himalaya (Nepal to Sikkim), Assam, Burma

Description: This Taro has small rounded leaves with black spots. It spreads rapidly, but is much more manageable then the Imperial Taro which it looks similar too.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8-10

Accession #: 200000045

Accession Date: 2000-07-07 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3203

Quantity: 2

Source: Brian Williams

Culture: tall, part sun to light shade, likes swampy conditions, dies back in winter, allow to rest.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Alismatales

Family: Araceae

SubFamily: Aroideae

Tribe: Colocasieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 20 March 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 20 March 2015.

Images

Colocasia affinis