herb terrestrial, stem to 20 cm, catophylls brown, petiole cylindrical in TS becoming weakly triangular; peduncle as petiole, maroon, spathe green heavily flushed maroon, shiny, spadix red-maroon; in fruit spadix yellow-green becoming yellow, spathe brigh Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta)Uahiapele (Hawaiian variety)Family: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Makes a high-quality smoky-gray poi. Early Hawaiians highly prized this variety for medicinal purposes and as an offering to the Hawaiian gods, especially for goddess Pele.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
Mom Che Puteh's Garden, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.Caladium lindenii (Andr) Madison. Araceae. CN: Indian-kale, Spoonflower, Angels Wing. An ornamental perennial herb, native to Columbia. Rosette leaves with white veins. Plant can grow into a dense clump to about 2-3 feet tall and as wide; large and showy thin-leathery leaves that are arrowhead-shaped (sagittate), somewhat elongated and slightly rounded with prominent ears, resembling angels wings; leaves ca 1-1.5 feet long in dark velvety green and broadly veined in striking silvery white are held on slender greenish brown stalks that are rough or tomentose. Stalks can be upright or arching measuring 1-2 feet long.Synonym(s):Phyllotaenium lindenii Andr (basionym)Xanthosoma lindenii (Andr) Engl.Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?433276www.jaycjayc.com/caladium-lindenii-angelswing/