Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Alocasia cucullata
Collector Name:
Tim Flynn
Collection Date:
February 15, 1990
Other Herbarium:
BH,BISH,US
Determiner:
Lynwood Hume 1990
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Hanalei District
Locality:
Limahuli Valley. National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Plant Description:
Erect herb of three feet; rhizome with multiple branches, covered with dried brown leaf sheaths; petiole green; leaves clustered at tips of rhizomes; blades dark green with lighter green veins, faintly glossy, below paler, glossy with whitish-green midvein; peduncle faintly yellowish-green; spathe: lower half closed around base of spadix, dark green, upper half whitish-green; spadix: sickeningly sweet, female flowers whitish-green, male flowers cream.
From Cultivated Plant:
Yes
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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