Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alooka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baalaraaksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
birah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
brihachhada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhatrapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gajakarni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
genasoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
giant taro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hastikarni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaasaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kare menasangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
keladi sebaring	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maanaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maankanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
madi-alum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mankanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
merukan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
merukan kizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nankanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru genasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sthalapadma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varatcempu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vistirnaparna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves, root, tuber		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alocasia variegata K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 5 (1855).
Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 39 (1841).
Alocasia indica var. diversifolia Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 88 (1920).
Alocasia indica var. heterophylla Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 502 (1879).
Alocasia indica var. metallica (Schott) Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 145 (1860).
Alocasia indica var. rubra (Hassk.) Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 88 (1920).
Alocasia indica var. typica Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 87 (1920).
Alocasia indica var. variegata (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 502 (1879).
Alocasia macrorrhizos var. rubra (Hassk.) Furtado Gard. Bull. Singapore 11: 254 (1941).
Alocasia macrorrhizos variegata (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Veitch ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 689 (1861).
Alocasia macrorrhizos var. variegata (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 325 (1870).
Alocasia metallica Schott Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 410 (1854).
Arum indicum Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 536 (1790).
Colocasia indica var. rubra Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar.: 145 (1840).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alocasia indica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Alocasia indica (Lour.) Koch	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Alocasia indica Schott.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Alocasia veriegata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Colocasia indica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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