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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Alocasia alba Schott, Alocasia cordifolia (Bory) Cordem., Alocasia cordifolia Cordem., Alocasia crassifolia Engl., Alocasia grandis Clemenc., Alocasia grandis N.E. Br., nom. illeg., Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach, Alocasia indica (Roxb.) G. Don, Alocasia indica (Lour.) Schott, nom. illeg., non Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach, 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 macrorhiza Schott, Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott & Endl., Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) G. Don, Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott, Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) Schott, nom. inval., Alocasia marginata N.E. Br., Alocasia metallica Schott, Alocasia montana (Roxb.) Schott, Alocasia odora (Roxb.) K. Koch, Alocasia pallida K. Koch & C.D. Bouché, Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte, Alocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Schott, Alocasia uhinkii Engl. & K. Krause, Alocasia undipes K. Koch & C.D. Bouché, Alocasia variegata K. Koch & C.D. Bouché, Arum cordifolium Bory, Arum indicum Lour., Arum macrorrhizon L., Arum macrorrhizum L., Arum montanum Roxb., Arum mucronatum Lam., Arum odorum Roxb., Arum peregrinum L., Arum rapiforme Roxb., Caladium indica Hort. ex K. Koch, Caladium indicum K. Koch, nom. inval., Caladium macrorrhizon (L.) R. Br., Caladium macrorrhizon R. Br., Caladium metallicum Hort. ex Engl., Caladium metallicum Engl., Caladium odoratissimum Hort. ex K. Koch, Caladium odoratum Lodd., Caladium odorum Lindl., Caladium plumbeum K. Koch, nom. inval., Calla badian Blanco, Calla maxima Blanco, Colocasia boryi Kunth, Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth, Colocasia indica (Lour.) Hassk., Colocasia indica var. rubra Hassk., Colocasia macrorrhizos (L.) Schott & Endl., Colocasia macrorrhizos (L.) Schott, Colocasia montana (Roxb.) Kunth, Colocasia mucronata (Lam.) Kunth, Colocasia odora (Lindl.) Brongn., Colocasia peregrina (L.) Raf., Colocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Kunth, Philodendron peregrinum (L.) Kunth, Philodendron peregrinum Kunth, Philodendron punctatum Kunth.

References regarding Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Description des Plantes Nouvelles … Jardin de J.M. Cels (1801)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)
· Bot. Reg. (1822)
· Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, Litteratur, Theater und Mode (1829)
· Meletemata Botanica (1832)
· Hortus Britannicus (1839)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum (1841)
· Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie (1842)
· Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux—Phanérogames (Tome) (1846)
· Oesterreichisches Botanisches Wochenblatt (1854)
· Index Seminum [Berlin]

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