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  2. Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Wikipedia

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    Xanthosoma xantharrhizon (Jacq.) K.Koch. Xanthosoma sagittifolium (Tannia) is a tropical flowering plant from the family Araceae. It produces an edible, starchy corm. X. sagittifolium is native to tropical America where it has been first cultivated. Around the 19th century, the plant spread to Southeast Asia and Africa and has been cultivated ...

  3. Colocasia - Wikipedia

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    They are herbaceous perennial plants with a large corm on or just below the ground surface. The leaves are large to very large, 20–150 cm (7.9–59.1 in) long, with a sagittate shape. The elephant's-ear plant gets its name from the leaves, which are shaped like a large ear or shield. The plant reproduces mostly by means of rhizomes (tubers ...

  4. Taro leaf blight - Wikipedia

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    Other Colocasia plants such as Elephant-ear and Dasheen are an additional means of survival for this pathogen. Finally, chlamydospores have been produced under ideal laboratory conditions in culture, and may also serve as a survival structure in addition to oospores. However, chlamydospores have not yet been observed in the field.

  5. Caladium - Wikipedia

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    Aphyllarum S.Moore (1895) Caladium / kəˈleɪdiəm / [2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. They are often known by the common name elephant ear (which they share with the closely related genera Alocasia, Colocasia, and Xanthosoma), heart of Jesus, [3] and angel wings.

  6. Bergenia - Wikipedia

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    Bergenia are hardy plants that can grow in climates with extreme temperature ranges from about −35 °F (−37 °C) to 115 °F (46 °C). They prefer sun but will grow in shady areas as well. Plants can grow to about 24 in (61 cm) tall and 24 in (61 cm) wide. They do well in most soils, but moist, humus-rich soil is preferable.

  7. Gyromitra esculenta - Wikipedia

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    Gyromitra esculenta is a member of a group of fungi known as "false morels", so named for their resemblance to the highly regarded true morels of the genus Morchella. The grouping includes other species of the genus Gyromitra, such as G. infula (elfin saddle), G. caroliniana and G. gigas (snow morel).

  8. Ficus auriculata - Wikipedia

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    Ficus pomifera Wall. ex King. Ficus regia Miq. Ficus rotundifolia Roxb. Ficus roxburghii Wall. ex Steud. Ficus sclerocarpa Griff. Tremotis cordata Raf. Ficus auriculata (the Roxburgh fig, Elephant ear tree) is a type of fig tree, native to subtropical and tropical mainland Asia. [2] It is noted for its big and round leaves and edible fruit.

  9. Enterolobium cyclocarpum - Wikipedia

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    Elephant-ear shape seedpods. Enterolobium cyclocarpum, commonly known as conacaste, guanacaste, caro caro, devil's ear tree, monkey-ear tree, or elephant-ear tree, is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae, that is native to tropical regions of the Americas, from central Mexico south to northern Brazil (Roraima) and Venezuela. [2]