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Taxon:  Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson



Summary
Genus:
Amorphophallus
Family:
Araceae
Subfamily:
Aroideae
Tribe:
Thomsonieae
Nomen number:
102457
Place of publication:
Taxon 26:338. 1977
Verified:
06/18/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Dracontium paeoniifolium Dennst.

Autonym(s)
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson var. paeoniifolius

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amorphophallus giganteus Blume
Arum campanulatum Roxb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amorphophallus campanulatus Decne.
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson var. campanulatus (Decne.) Sivad.
Plesmonium nobile Schott
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Reference(s)
  1. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  3. Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 9:45-50.
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  5. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
  6. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  7. Hay, A. et al. 1995. Checklist & botanical bibliography of the aroids of Malesia, Australia, and the tropical western Pacific. Blumea suppl. 8
  8. Herbert, D. A. 1924. Stinging crystals in plants. Science 60(1548):204-205.
  9. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  10. Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
  11. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  12. Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:274.
  13. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  14. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  15. Suresh, C. R. et al. 1983. A commentary on Rheede's aroids. Taxon 32:130.
Common names
English
elephant-yam –
pungapung –
sweet-yam –
telinga-potato –
telingo-potato –
German
Elefantenkartoffel –
Indonesian
suweg –
Spanish
suran –
Transcribed Thai
buk –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina s.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndiaAndaman and Nicobar Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territoryn.
2Cultivated    widely cult. in paleotropics
6Other    exact native range obscure
Native
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China (s.)
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory (n.)]
Cultivated (widely cult. in paleotropics)
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodstarch Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Human foodvegetable Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Herbert, D. A. 1924. Stinging crystals in plants. Science 60(1548):204-205.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=102457. Accessed 12 May 2025.