752.000 Alocasia (Schott) G. Don

Perennial herbs, often robust; corms or rhizomes forming the above ground pseudo-stem. Leaves ovate, base usually cordate; margins entire or undulate; apex acute. Inflorescence near apex, solitary or several together; flowers numerous; spathe constricted. Flowers minute, 3-8 sessile, united into a pyramidal synandria; dehiscent via a terminal pore. Fruit berries. Seeds sub-globose.

Worldwide: 70 species in tropical Asia and Malesia.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.