Colocasia affinis Schott

 
  • Family : ARACEAE
    (Arum Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : OAL FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Araceae
  • Synonym(s) : Alocasia jenningsii Veitch; Colocasia affinis var. jenningsii (Veitch) Engl.; Colocasia bicolor C.L.Long & L.M.Cao
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Colocasia affinis Schott
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Common on walls during rainy season. An introduced species.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-August
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 234
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Colocasia affinis. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

Botanical Description

India Distribution

World Distribution

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