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Alocasia azlanii, the red mambo, is a small Borneo aroid with red to purple patterning along its leaf veins, grown as a houseplant. It needs bright indirect light, high humidity and evenly moist, well-drained soil.
Alocasia azlanii, the red mambo, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Brunei, and first described in 2016. With its red to purple patterning on and near its leaf veins, it is sometimes kept as a houseplant.
The red mambo grows well in bright, indirect sunlight, well-drained soil. It also has a high humidity requirement of 60% and above, and fortnightly watering (if the soil is dry), and a temperature range of 18-24C.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
