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Steudnera colocasiifolia is an evergreen aroid subshrub from wet tropical forests of Bangladesh, Assam, and Southeast Asia, grown for its large, Colocasia-like leaves. It needs warm, humid, shaded conditions and steady moisture to thrive.
Steudnera colocasiifolia is a species of arum family, native to the wet tropical region from Assam, Bangladesh, South-Central and Southeast China to Indochina. It is known as Bishkachu (poison arum) in Bengali and Quan qi in Chinese language.
Steudnera colocasiifolia is native to tropical regions, from Northeast India (Assam), Bangladesh, Cambodia, South Central and Southeast China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It grows in the dense forested areas and shady places, in 600–1,400 m (2,000–4,600 ft) elevation. Specifically, it grows in seasonally moist lowland forests, wet meadows or by the streams. It is known as Bishkachu (poison arum) in Bengali, a common name shared with various other arums, including Alocasia fornicata, S. colocasioides and S. virosa etc. S. colocasiifolia can be found in many parts of Bangladesh, as well as in Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts, where it is known as Ekdeijja kochu or Chadara Kochu. In Thailand, it grows in the northern regions of the country. In Myanmar, it is found in Martaban and the Karen Hills region. In China, it grows in the Guangxi and Yunnan regions, where it is known as Quan qi. It also grows in the northern parts of Laos and Vietnam.
The poisonous stems of Steudnera colocasiifolia are used to treat injuries and cuts, snake and insect bites, vasculitis, and skin ulcers etc.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Steudnera colocasiifolia 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.
