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Colocasia Schott in Schott & Endl. Melet. Bot. 1:18. 1832. Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 523. 1893; Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 2:829. 1914; Mitra, Flow. Pl. E. India, 1:78. 1958; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bomb. ed. 2, 3: 340. 1967.
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Land or marshy tuberous monoecious herbs or shrubs. Leaves long petioled, reticulate, ovate or sagittate-cordate, peltate, basal lobes obtuse. Spathe limb deciduous; spadix included. Appendage ± clavate. Male and female flowers separated by a zone of neuter organs. Ovary unilocular, with many ovules on axile placentas.
8 species in Indomalaysia, Polynesia; mainly tropical. Represented in Pakistan by 1 cultivated species.
Lower Taxon
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