| published in: | Oesterreichisches Botanisches Wochenblatt 7: 34. 1857. | ||
| distribution: | Myanmar, South China, Malaysia, Vietnam | map: | |
| subfamily: | Aroideae | tribe: | Colocasieae |
| no. of species: | 1 | cultivars: | 1 or more |
| chromosome count: 2n=? | |||
| morphology: | rhizomatous geophytes, evergreen, leaf blade cordate and peltate, flowers unisexual | ||
| varia: | described as Caladium in 1823, in 1857 moved to Leucocasia, in 1893 to Colocasia, in 2012 back to Leucocasia | ||
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