Elephant-Yam
Elephant-Yam
Scientific name: Amorphophallus campanulatus (Roxb.)Blume
Local name: ‘Oolkachu’
Taxonomic position According to Cronquist (1981)
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Division | Magnoliophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Subclass | Arecidae |
| Order | Arales |
| Family | Araceae |
| Genus | Alocasia |
| Species | A. indica
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Botanical Description of Elephant Yam
Habit: Perennial herb of 1-2 m tall.
Root: Adventitious root system, shallow and fleshy.
Stem: Underground stem modified into corm, is a cylindrical or spherical, bulb-like fleshy structure with short internode at the base of the stem.
Leaf: The petiole is long, stout, the blade is bifurcating and ultimately divided into oblong, acuminate, decurrent lobes.
Inflorescence: short peduncle, spadix is very stout and sessile.
Flower: Three types of flower namely, male, female and neuter are present.
Fruit: Berry
