Common name:
Family: Araceae
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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.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 8-10
Source: Brian Williams
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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
- SubOrder:
- Family: Araceae
- SubFamily: Aroideae
- Tribe: Colocasieae
- SubTribe:
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 20 March 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 20 March 2015.
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