Elephant foot yam
ಸುವರ್ಣ ಗೆಡ್ಡೆओलகருணைக்கிழங்கு
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.0 m
- wide
- —
Araceae
Also called Whitespot giant arum
Formerly Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus chatty, Amorphophallus decurrens, Amorphophallus dixenii, and 18 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Tuberous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. AustraliaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- PurpleRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 4.4 °C (USDA zone 11a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (11)
- Dutch
- Olifantenyam
- Tongan
- teve
- Chinese
- 南天星, 巨花蒟蒻, 疣柄蘑芋（疣柄魔芋）
- Simplified Chinese
- 南星头, 疣柄魔芋, 鞋板芋
- Hindi
- ओल, सूरन, जिमीकंद
- Tamil
- கருணைக்கிழங்கு, கருணை, ஆனைத்தண்டு
- Telugu
- ఏనుగు పాదం, కంద
- Kannada
- ಸುವರ್ಣ ಗೆಡ್ಡೆ
- Marathi
- सुरण
- Bangla
- ওলকচু
- Malayalam
- ചേന
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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