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Jan 10, 2013 12:56 PM CST
Name: Noel Calvert
Tumaco, Colombia-South America (Zone 13b)
A gringo?Where?(does a doubletake)
Hello Arif,
That is some sort of taro in the aroids family. I suspect it has a different classification due to its location, but I do not know enough about plant classification to really comment on that. It does resemble other aroids including Alocasia. It is obvious it is not a Xanthosoma due to the collecting vein not being there. This is a saline tolerant plant which is grown in many island cultures for food. Check out this link.

http://www.spc.int/lrd/index.p...
& this link.

http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/bo...
Here is a quote: "These genera include Colocasia, Xanthosoma, and Alocasia, and Cyrtosperma."

I am still searching the net for my syngonium look alike. Anyone have other ideas? I have photos to compare them side by side with the S.P
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