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Alocasia odora
Also called Elephant Ear, Taro, Giant Elephant's Ear
In Singapore: Asian Taro, Night Scented Lily, Giant Upright Elephant's Ear (Naturalised in Singapore)
Asian taro (Alocasia odora) is a large aroid with big, light green, arrow-shaped leaves on tall stems, grown as a foliage plant and cooked as a leafy vegetable in Southeast Asia. It needs warm, humid, sheltered conditions and rich, moist soil.
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.
Alocasia odora leaves and stems are used as a green vegetable in the cuisines of Southeast Asia, and often used to flavor soups or stir-fried dishes. The leaves and stems should not be consumed raw, nor should any of the green plant material. At certain Asian or specialty markets, it is usually peeled and boiled to be sold either frozen, bagged in its own liquids, or canned.
Alocasia azlanii · Alocasia baginda · Alocasia brancifolia · Cunjevoi · Chinese taro · Alocasia fornicata · Alocasia heterophylla · Alocasia infernalis · Alocasia lauterbachiana · Alocasia longiloba · Giant taro · Alocasia melo
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alocasia odora 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.
