Plant Identification Request 20111007

[Amar]

Hi,

I clicked a pic of this plant with these very large leaves, with each leaf being at least 2 feet broad and 2.5 feet long. The height of the plant was well above 8 feet. The petiole was also quite thick. It was growing in IIT Bombay. Could you please let me know what plant it could be?

Thanks and regards,

Amar

[Vijayasankar]

This may be one of the cultivars of Alocasia macrorrhizos.

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Giby Kuriakose]

I agree with Vijay that this could be a cultivar of Alocasia macrorrhizos

Regards

Giby

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