The elephant foot yam, also called whitespot giant arum, is a tropical plant in the family Araceae native to island Southeast Asia. It is a large tuberous herb growing up to two meters tall, with tubers that can reach 30 centimeters across and weigh as much as 15 kilograms. It is cultivated for its edible tubers across Southeast Asia, South Asia, Madagascar, New Guinea and the Pacific islands, serving as a staple root vegetable and a cash crop in many of those regions.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific NameAmorphophallus paeoniifolius 2 Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Araceae, Taxa Source Amorphophallus Paeoniifolius (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bangladesh, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cambodia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Comoros, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Fiji, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: India, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Laos, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Madagascar, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Myanmar, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Philippines, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Samoa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Seychelles, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sri Lanka, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Taiwan, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Thailand, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Tonga, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Vanuatu, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Vietnam, found in there.
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
2. Amorphophallus Paeoniifolius (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q151527 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q151527
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Araceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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