Species · genus Alocasia · Araceae

Cunjevoi

Alocasia brisbanensis (F.M.Bailey) Domin

Growth habit

subshrub or shrub

Native range

New South Wales, Queensland

Reference · A. brisbanensis

Cultivars of A. brisbanensis

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No named cultivars catalogued under A. brisbanensis yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Alocasia brisbanensis is a rhizomatous understory aroid from the warm, humid forests of coastal eastern Australia, so it wants warmth, steady humidity, and the dappled light beneath a canopy rather than direct sun. Give it bright indirect light and water when the top inch of mix has dried; its fleshy rhizome stores water and will rot if left sitting wet. Let it approach dryness between waterings rather than keeping it constantly soggy.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 12 days

Humidity

High

Temperature

16–30 °C

Soil mix

Rich, well-draining mix with bark and perlite

Propagation

Divide rhizome offsets at repotting

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly while actively growing

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Produces a greenish spathe occasionally; grown for foliage

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Araceae contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, which irritate the mouth and digestive tract if chewed. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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