Alocasia odora, also known as night-scented lily, Asian taro or giant upright elephant ear, is a species of flowering plant in the arum family native to East and Southeast Asia (Japan, China, Indochina, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Taiwan). Traditionally, A. odora is sometime used as a medicine for the treatment of the common cold in Vietnam.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Asian Taro being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Alocasia macrorrhizos
- Leucocasia gigantea
- Alocasia brisbanensis
- Xanthosoma sagittifolium
- Xanthosoma robustum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Alocasia
- Species
- Alocasia odora
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