Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don - accepted name
Synonym: Alocasia indica (Lour.) Schott
Synonyms: Alocasia cordifolia (Bory) Cordem. ; Alocasia grandis N.E.Br. [Illegitimate] ; Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach ; Alocasia marginata N.E.Br. ; Alocasia metallica Schott ; Alocasia montana (Roxb.) Schott ; Alocasia pallida K.Koch & C.D.Bouché ; Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte ; Alocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Schott ; Alocasia uhinkii Engl. & K.Krause ; Alocasia variegata K.Koch & C.D.Bouché ; Arum cordifolium Bory ; Arum indicum Lour. ; Arum macrorrhizon L. ; Arum montanum Roxb. ; Arum mucronatum Lam. ; Arum peregrinum L. ; Arum rapiforme Roxb. ; Caladium indicum K.Koch [Invalid] ; Caladium macrorrhizon (L.) R.Br. ; Caladium metallicum Engl. ; Caladium odoratum Lodd. ; Caladium plumbeum K.Koch [Invalid] ; Calla badian Blanco ; Calla maxima Blanco ; Colocasia boryi Kunth ; Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth ; Colocasia indica (Lour.) Hassk. ; Colocasia macrorrhizos (L.) Schott ; Colocasia montana (Roxb.) Kunth ; Colocasia mucronata (Lam.) Kunth ; Colocasia peregrina (L.) Raf. ; Colocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Kunth ; Philodendron peregrinum (L.) Kunth ; Philodendron punctatum Kunth ; Alocasia indica (Lour.) Schott ; Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott ; Arum macrorrhizum L. ; Alocasia indica var. diversifolia Engl. ; Alocasia indica var. heterophylla Engl. ; Alocasia indica var. metallica (Schott) Schott ; Alocasia indica var. rubra (Hassk.) Engl. ; Alocasia indica var. typica Engl. ; Alocasia indica var. variegata (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Engl. ; Alocasia macrorrhizos var. rubra (Hassk.) Furtado ; Alocasia macrorrhizos var. variegata (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Furtado ; Colocasia indica var. rubra Hassk.
Vernacular names: Arabic - el-qulqass, el-emlak, Assamese - man kachu, boro mankachv, Bengali - mankachu, Bicolano, central - talipan, Binukid - bagyang, Bontoc, central - aba-aba, bilbila, Burmese - pein-u, pein-mohawaya, Carolinian - filé, Cebuano - badiang, bagiang, bagyang, biga, galiang, gallan, galyang, ragiyang, talyang, Chinese, MANDARIN - hai yu, Chinese, WÚ - hai yu, Creole, Haitian French - Mazumbel, Mazoumbèl, Czech - alokázie, Dagaare, southern - kũdbari, Danish - kæmpetaro, English - giant taro, alocasia, giant alocasia, elephant ear, Éwé - koko, Fijian - via, viadranu, Filipino - biga, Finnish - jättialokasia, French - taro géant, grande tayove, Gourmantché - ulũebi-tũba, Hawaiian - ‛ape, Hebrew - alocasia, Hindi - mankind, mankanda, hai yu, Hmong daw - qes tsw ha, Hungarian - táró, Ibanag - aba, Ifugao - bilan mumpaha, helan mumpahag, Ilocano - bira, biga, sininaba, Indonesian - bira, sente, lompong, birah, Italian - apé, Itawit - bia, Japanese - dokuimo, kuwazu-imo, Javanese - sente, mael, Kankanaey - bila-bila, Kannada - marasa kaage, maanka, marasanige, mundigida, mundi gedde, Khmer, central - k’da:t haôra, Kiribati - kabe, Lao - kaph’uk, Latvian - lielsakņu alokāzija, Luo - opele, Malay - birah něgěri, keladi sebaring, Maranao - lepeng, tangila a elepanti, Marathi - kaamsaalu, alu, Marquesan - kape, Mòoré - wobg-tuba, Niue - kape, Pampangan - biga, gandus, Panjabi, eastern - pahärrhä arbi, Polish - alokazja, zakleśń olbrizymia, Portuguese - inhame gigante, inhame monstro, inhame taro, Rarotongan - kape, Samoan - ta’amu, Sanskrit - hasthi karni, kaasaalu, Spanish - cará tayá, malangá, Sunda - sente, taleus sente, bira, Swahili - magimbi, Tagalog - gabing San Fernando, biga, badiang, malabiga, Tamil - Seppan kizhangu, merukankilangu, Telugu - Chama dumpa, chara kanda, sara chema, Thai - kradaat, kradaat dam, kradatdam, horaa, hora, Tok pisin - abir, pia, via, Tongan - kape, Turkish - alokasye, Urdu - mankanda, Vietnamese - khoai s[as] p, r[as]y, r[as]y [aw]n, Vlaams - reuzetaro, Wáray-wáray - badyáng., . [Cultivated vegetables of the world: a multilingual onomasticon]
Uses: Rootstock—mild laxative,, diuretic (in anasarca); used in, inflammations and diseases of, abdomen and spleen. Leaf—astringent,, styptic, antitumour. Root and, leaf—rubefacient. Tubers—used as, vegetable after eliminating oxalate, content., All parts of the plant, except tubers,, contain cyanogenic principle,, a mixture of triglochinin and isotriglochinin., The tubers contain sterols, and high concentration of soluble oxalates, (prolonged use may lead to calcium, deficiency and oxaluria.) The, tubers contain a trypsin/chymotrypsin, inhibitor. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
23 Published articles of Alocasia indica / Alocasia macrorrhizos
