'''''Elephant's ear''' occurs as genus of broad-broadleaf rhizomatous or even bulbous perennials from either a Personal Araceae. There are astir Lxx mintage of Elephant ear occurring inside tropical, humid climates of Southeast Asia and Brazil. A big heart-shaped or even sagittiform leaves grow to a length of 20 to 90 cm in yearn petioles. Their beautiful aroid flowers grow at a prevent of short stalk, however are non blazing, typically hidden behind a leaf leafstalk.

the stem (a corm) is edible, however contains raphid crystals of oxalic acid that can numb & great a tongue & throat. A corms call for even prolonged boiling prior to serving or processing as a food.

Occasionally hybrids, like a Amazon Lily of the African Mask (Elephant's ear ten amazonica), come grown when ornamentals.

Species
Elephant's ear acuminata: (Indonesia) Elephant ear aequiloba: (Future Guinea) Elephant's ear alba: (Sri Lanka) Elephant's ear argyrea: Elephant's ear arifolia: (Malaysia) Elephant's ear atropurpurea: (Philippines) Elephant's ear augustiana: Elephant's ear × bachi (unplaced title) Elephant's ear balgooyi: (Sulawesi) Elephant's ear beccarii: (Malaysia) Elephant ear boa: (Just released Guinea) Elephant ear boyceana: (Philippines) Elephant's ear brancifolia : (Just released Guinea) Elephant ear brisbanensis: (Australia) Elephant's ear cadieri: (SE Asia) Elephant's ear celebica: (Sulawesi) Elephant ear × chantrieri: (unplaced title) Elephant ear × chantrieriana: (unplaced title) Elephant's ear clypeolata: Green Shield (Philippines) Elephant ear × conspicua (= The. longilobThe × A.odora ) (unplaced title) Elephant's ear coriacea: (unplaced title) Elephant's ear cucullata: Chinese Taro (Indonesia) Elephant's ear culionensis: (Philippines) Elephant ear cuprea: (Borneo) Elephant ear decipiens : (Indonesia) Elephant ear decumbens : (Vietnam) Elephant ear denudata: (Singapore) Elephant's ear devansayana : (Up to date Guinea) Elephant ear evrardii : (SE Asia) (unplaced title) Elephant's ear fallax : (East Himalaya to Bangladesh) Elephant's ear flabellifera : (Up to date Guinea) Elephant ear flemingiana : (Java) Elephant's ear fornicata : (Indonesia) Elephant's ear gageana : (Myanmar) Elephant's ear × gaulainii : (unplaced title) Elephant ear grandis : (Indonesia) (unplaced title) Elephant's ear grata : (Indonesia) Elephant's ear hainanensis : (Hainan, China) Elephant's ear hainaica : (HainaNorth to N. Vietnam) Elephant ear heterophylla : (Philippines) Elephant's ear hollrungii : (Just released Guinea) Elephant's ear infernalis : (Borneo) Elephant's ear inornata: (Sumatra) Elephant ear kerinciensis : (Sumatra) Elephant's ear lancifolia : (Up to date Guinea) Elephant ear lauterbachiana : (Future Guinea) Elephant's ear longiloba: (Malaysia) Elephant ear macrorrhizos'' : Giant Taro, Elephant's ear, Ape flower (SE Asia, Australia, Pacific) ''Elephant's ear macrorrhizos volt-ampere. brisbanensis : (Australia) Elephant ear maquilingensis : (Philippines) Elephant ear melo : (Borneo) Elephant's ear micholitziana: Elephant’s Ear Plant (Philippines) Elephant ear minuscula : (Borneo) Elephant ear monticola : (Future Guinea) Elephant ear × mortfontanensis : (unplaced title) Elephant ear navicularis : (Himalaya) Elephant ear nebula : (Borneo) Elephant's ear nicolsonii : (Future Guinea) Elephant ear odora: Nighttime-scented Lily (SE Asia, China) Elephant ear pangeran : (Borneo) Elephant ear peltata : (Borneo) Elephant's ear perakensis : (Malaysia) Elephant's ear portei : (Future Guinea) Elephant ear princeps : (Malaysia) Elephant ear principiculus : (Borneo) Elephant ear puber : (Java) Elephant's ear puteri : (Borneo) Elephant ear putii : (Thailand) (unplaced title) Elephant ear pyrospatha : (Just released Guinea) Elephant's ear ramosii : (Philippines) Elephant's ear rapiformis : (Myanmar) (unplaced title) Elephant ear regina : (Borneo) Elephant's ear reginula: Black Velvet (cultivated) Elephant ear reversa : (Philippines) Elephant's ear ridleyi : (Borneo) Elephant ear robusta : (Borneo) Elephant's ear × rodigasiana : (unplaced title) Elephant's ear sanderiana: (Malaysia) Elephant ear sarawakensis : (Borneo) Elephant's ear scabriuscula : (Borneo) Elephant ear scalprum : (Philippines) Elephant ear × sedeni : (unplaced title) Elephant's ear simonsiana : (Up to date Guinea) Elephant ear sinuata : (Malaysia) Elephant's ear suhirmaniana : (Sulawesi) Elephant ear 10 van-houtteana : (unplaced title) Elephant ear venusta : (Borneo) Elephant ear wentii: Just released Guinea Shield (Up to date Guinea) Elephant's ear wongii : (Borneo) Elephant ear zebrina'': (Philippines)

Tons hybrids use at times been found by artificial means.