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Alocasia robusta is a huge, trunkless, rosette-forming aroid from Borneo with arrowhead-shaped leaves that can reach several metres long. It needs warm, humid, sheltered conditions and plenty of space.
Alocasia robusta is a gigantic herb in the arum family (Araceae) which is endemic to the island of Borneo. The plant is a rosette herb consisting of several very large leaves having a sagittate (arrowhead shaped) lamina or blade up to 6 m (20 ft) long by nearly 3 m (9.8 ft) wide, borne on very stout petioles or stalks up to 3.7 m (12 ft) in length. The inflorescence is the spathe and spadix typical of the Arum family, with the spathe being a very dark blackish-purple color. This species was unknown to science prior to 1967. The plant is usually trunkless.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alocasia robusta 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.
