Xanthosoma

Xanthosoma

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Height:	⇕
Width:	⇔
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈
Poisonous:	☠

Exposure:	☼
Water:	◍
Features:	✓
Hardiness:	☃
Bloom:	❀
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Xanthosoma

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Species

Genus of around 50 species, including:

Gallery

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Inflorescence of X. roseum
Inflorescence of X. daguense
Beetle pollination in X. daguense A. First night B. Second night C. after third night after inflorescence anthesis
A. Infructescence of X. poeppigii, Peruvian Amazonas B. Infructescence of X. daguense . Western Cordillera of Los Andes, Colombia
Cocoyam corms for sale in a Cameroonian market
A Cameroonian man works his cocoyam field.