Alocasia fornicata (Roxb.) Schott

 
  • 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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India Distribution

World Distribution

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