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Alocasia brancifolia

Alocasia brancifolia
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0

Alocasia brancifolia is a tropical aroid from the Moluccas and New Guinea, prized for its deeply divided leaves and striped stalks. It needs warm, humid, bright conditions with consistently moist but not waterlogged soil.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the mix evenly moist and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings; avoid standing water.
Soil
Chunky, well-draining aroid mix with peat or coir, perlite and bark.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: All parts contain calcium oxalate crystals that cause burning and swelling of the mouth and throat if chewed.. Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
Maluku, New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Alocasia brancifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to the Moluccas and New Guinea. With its heavily dissected leaves it is sometimes kept as a houseplant. There appears to be a cultivar, 'Pink Passion', in which the markings on the petioles are pink instead of the usual brown.

Similar to Alocasia zebrina, the leaf stalks of Alocasia brancifolia are striped.

Other Alocasia plants

Alocasia azlanii · Alocasia baginda · Cunjevoi · Chinese taro · Alocasia fornicata · Alocasia heterophylla · Alocasia infernalis · Alocasia lauterbachiana · Alocasia longiloba · Giant taro · Alocasia melo · Alocasia nebula

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alocasia brancifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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