姑婆芋

姑婆芋

類型 Type:草本Herb/Herbaceous plant

中文名 Chinese name:姑婆芋

英名 English name:Giant elephant’s ear

科別 Family name:天南星科Araceae

屬別 Genus name:姑婆芋屬Alocasia

特有種 Endemic species:否No/N

學名 Scientific Name:Alocasia odora (Lodd.) Spach.           

簡介 Description

多年生草本,地上莖呈肉質,高達1.7公尺以上。葉基心狀箭形,葉表光滑近革質,不具疏水性。花為佛焰花序,果成熟為紅色漿果。全株有毒,不可食用。葉片除了可以拿來遮雨,也可做為食物的包材或是墊材。

Perennial herbaceous plant with fleshy stem above ground up to more than 1.7 meters tall. The leaf blade is peltate and cordate-sagittate. The surface of its nearly coriaceous leaf is smooth and not hydrophobic. The species produces flower spathes, and the fruits that will ripen into red berries. The whole plant is poisonous and inedible. People use it for shelter from rain, food wrapping or matting purposes.

葉基心狀箭形,葉表光滑近革質,不具疏水性。
葉片除了可以拿來遮雨,也可做為食物的包材或是墊材。
ㄍ果成熟為紅色漿果。全株有毒,不可食用。
           
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