Araceae

Tall elephant's ear

Xanthosoma undipes (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) K.Koch

Family: Araceae
Genus: Xanthosoma

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Tall elephant's ear: Known locally as Oreja de Elefante and Hoja de Pata. Juan Castro Blanco Park, Costa Rica' In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/aroids/index.html — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Tall elephant's ear

Synonyms

Alocasia undipes K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
Xanthosoma jacquinii Schott
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Liebm.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Susie H., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.