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Amorphophallus Paeoniifolius

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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
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 3
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Araceae, Taxa
Source Amorphophallus Paeoniifolius (Wikidata)
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Australia

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Bangladesh

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Cambodia

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Comoros

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Fiji

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India

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Laos

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Madagascar

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Myanmar

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Philippines

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Samoa

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Seychelles

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South Asia

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Sri Lanka

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Taiwan

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Thailand

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Tonga

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Vanuatu

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Vietnam

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Sources
1. Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    It is cultivated for its edible tubers in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Madagascar, New Guinea, and the Pacific islands.
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, commonly known as the elephant foot yam or whitespot giant arum, is a tropical plant native to Island Southeast Asia.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. 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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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Araceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12475
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12475
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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