Scientific Name: Alocasia 'Amazonica'
Common Name: African mask
Family Name: Araceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Very coarse
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant, Waterside planting
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Sheltered
Soil or Media: Acidic
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Basal, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Oblong, Ovate, Serrulate, Sinuate, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Spadix (& spathe), White, Green, Can flower any month
Fruit: Berry (true), Red
Key ID Features:
Leaves are succulent, glossy, arrowhead shaped, 20-40cm long x 10-20cm wide, dark green with prominent white-green veins; leaf margin is slightly serrated.