atoll research bulletin no. 392 the flora of - Smithsonian Institution ...
atoll research bulletin no. 392 the flora of - Smithsonian Institution ...
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<strong>atoll</strong>s in Tuvalu and <strong>the</strong> Tuamotu and Caroline Islands. Swollen tuberous stem cooked as<br />
a staple vegetable. Wild or naturalized, ornamental (<strong>of</strong>ten variegated), and edible<br />
varieties or cultivars exist in many countries, some <strong>of</strong> which are used only as a famine or<br />
emergency food. 5, 6, 7.<br />
Alocasia sanderiana Bull. "alocasia" , "kris plant"<br />
Recent introduction. Philippines. Occasional. Perennial herb, up to 1.5 m; leaves,<br />
30 cm or longer, heart- or arrow-shaped, dark green with silver-white veins and edges,<br />
reddish below, deeply-lobed edges; petioles up, to 25 to 30 cm long. Ornamental pot<br />
plant. 5, 6, 7.<br />
Alocasia cv. " Amazonica"<br />
Recent introduction. Rare. Potplant. Hybrid cross with A. sanderiana. 6(185).<br />
Anthurium andraeanum Lind. "anthurium"<br />
Recent introduction. Trop. America. Rare. Erect perennial, up to 1 m tall; leaves,<br />
15 to 20 cm long and 7.5 to 12 cm wide, oblong, heart-shaped; petiole, longer than<br />
blade; flowers subtended by a plastic-like, bright red or orange-pink, heart-shaped spa<strong>the</strong>,<br />
10 to 12 cm long, flowers borne on a yellow or white spadix, up to 15 cm long.<br />
Ornamental pot plant. 6.<br />
Caladium bicolor (Ait.) Vent<br />
syn. Arum bicolor Ait.<br />
"artist's pallet", "caladium"<br />
Recent introduction. Brazil. Occasional. Perennial herb, up to 35 cm tall; leaf<br />
blade, 10 to 30 cm long, attractive, heart-shaped, variegated, patterned with green pink,<br />
red or white spots; leaf stalks, 3 to 6 times longer than blade. Ornamental pot plant.<br />
3(58717, 58793), 5, 6, 7.<br />
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott "taro", "dasheen"<br />
detaro (N); te taroro (K); talo (T)<br />
syns. C. antiquorum Schott; Caladium esculentum Vent.<br />
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a6<strong>of</strong>iginal<br />
introduction. Trop. Asia. Occasional. Large perennial herb rising on petioles, up to 1 m,<br />
from an underground tuber; leaves, 25 to 50 cm long and 15 to 30 cm wide, clustered,<br />
green, heart-shaped or ovate-cordate, peltate, tips pointing down; petioles, up to 1 m;