Accession #: 200100498
Accession Date: 2001-06-25
Common name: Elephant Yam, Telingo Potato
Family: Araceae
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Country of Origin: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
Description: Of wide occurrence in tropical Asia and Australasia, this species has a echinate-verrucate (spiny) solitary leaf up to 3 ft (1 m) long on a dark green, pale-spotted stalk. The purple and green, white-spotted spathe, up to 10 in (25 cm) across, has a protruding, spadix with a very large, spongy, deep purple terminal knob.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 11-12
Source: Chris Barnhill - Fullerton Arboretum
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Culture:
Corm can be stored dry.