Edible: Corms, Tubers, Leaves, Roots, Vegetable
A herb. It is a plant with a tuber and it keeps growing from year to year. It can grow for only one year. It grows to 1.5 m high. The stem can be 50 cm long and 5 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 1 m long. The leaf stalk joins the leaf blade at the edge. The leaf is glossy and oval to heart shaped. It only has short lobes at the base. It is green. The leaf blade is 40 cm long by 28 cm wide. It forms suckers freely. The flowers have a spathe 9-15 cm long.
A tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands in open, wet locations. It is one of the more cold hardy Alocasias. Cairns Botanical Garden. In XTBG Yunnan. In Sichuan.
Common Names: Alokasia nampu hijau, 'Apea, Bira, Boga kachu, Boga kochu, Hpa-gamon, Jian wei cao, Nang-kwak, Panchamukhi kochu, Rasy, Singjupal, Singju-paan, Sinjupaal, Tha-khashiba hagrani, Wan-nokkhum, Wan-thorahot
Synonyms: Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) Schott;
Alocasia rugosa Schott;
Arum cucullatum Lour.;
Caladium cucullatum (Lour.) Pers.;
Colocasia cucullata Schott,
Colocasia rugosa Kunth;
Fanzhuyuia. Z. Y. Zhu and species
Fanzhuyuia omeiensis Z. Y. Zhu.