- Family : ARACEAE
(Arum Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : OAL FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Araceae
- Basionym : Arum fornicatum Roxb.
- Synonym(s) : Colocasia fornicata Kunth
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Alocasia fornicata (Roxb.)Schott
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, along streams under shade
- Flower, Fruit : June-September
- Collector(s) Name : D. Nicolson
- Collection Date : 17/06/1970
- Collection Nos : Nicolson 4157, HFP 1886, CJS 14208
- Collection Locality : Bisle state forest, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district
- Karnataka : Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Mysuru district
- Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district
- Odisha : Jajpur district, Sambalpur district, Kalhandi district, Puri district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – Mysore
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 228
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Alocasia fornicata. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.
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