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Alocasia odora (G. Lodd.) Spach






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Alocasia (Schott) G. Don. (クワズイモ)
Kuwazuimo (クワズイモ, 食わず芋), night-scented lily, Asian taro and giant upright elephant ear
Lifeform: evergreen, rhizomatous, perennial forb
Distribution: tropical and subtropical Asaia (India - southern China - Taiwan - southern Japan - Indochina

Japan: southern Shikoku - southern Kyushu - Ryukyu islands

Habitat: primary and secondary tropical rain forests, bamboo-thickets, riverbanks, swamps, and others
Use: ornamental
Synonyms:

Alocasia macrorrhizos, auct. non (L.) G. Don

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Alocasia odora in Hokkaido


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[1-3] at a hedgerow around Fuji Kindergarten, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 12 2020.

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