Alocasia macrorrhizos is a species of flowering plant in the arum family (Araceae) that it is native to rainforests of Maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland and has long been cultivated in South Asia, the Philippines, many Pacific islands, and elsewhere in the tropics. Common names include giant taro, giant alocasia, ʻape, biga, and pia. In Australia it is known as the cunjevoi (a term which also refers to a marine animal).
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Monocots
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| Order:
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Alismatales
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| Family:
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Araceae
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| Genus:
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Alocasia
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| Species:
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A. macrorrhizos
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| Binomial name
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Alocasia macrorrhizos
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| Synonyms |
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- Alocasia cordifolia (Bory) Cordem.
- Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach
- Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott
- Alocasia macrorrhizos var. rubra (Hassk.) Furtado
- Alocasia macrorrhizos var. variegata (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Furtado
- Alocasia marginata N.E.Br.
- Alocasia metallica Schott
- Alocasia montana (Roxb.) Schott
- Alocasia pallida K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
- Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte
- Alocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Schott
- Alocasia uhinkii Engl. & K.Krause
- Alocasia variegata K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
- Arum cordifolium Bory
- Arum indicum Lour.
- Arum macrorrhizon L.
- Arum montanum Roxb.
- Arum mucronatum Lam.
- Arum peregrinum L.
- Arum rapiforme Roxb.
- Caladium macrorrhizon (L.) R.Br.
- Caladium metallicum Engl.
- Caladium odoratum Lodd.
- Calla badian Blanco
- Calla maxima Blanco
- Colocasia boryi Kunth
- Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth
- Colocasia macrorrhizos (L.) Schott
- Colocasia montana (Roxb.) Kunth
- Colocasia mucronata (Lam.) Kunth
- Colocasia peregrina (L.) Raf.
- Colocasia rapiformis (Roxb.) Kunth
- Philodendron peregrinum (L.) Kunth
- Philodendron punctatum Kunth
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