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Alocasia rugosa
Alocasia Melo
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Alocasia rugosa Morphology
About Alocasia rugosa
Alocasia rugosa, commonly known as Alocasia Melo, is a jewel Alocasia species endemic to Borneo. It is known for its extremely thick, card-like leaves that feel like rough cardboard or melon skin. The leaves have a deeply corrugated, rugose surface with a blue-grey to dark forest-green matte coloration. The venation is deeply set, giving it a heavily textured, rocky appearance.
Native Range
Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
Market Analysis
Alocasia rugosa Price Guide & Auction Value
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Before You Buy
Species-specific things to check when evaluating a listing
- Leaf should feel genuinely thick and rough, like cardboard or melon skin, with a deeply corrugated (rugose) surface; a smooth or thin leaf is not consistent with this species
- Albo and Aurea colour forms sell for roughly three to six times the plain plant's price on a substantial number of recorded listings (78 and 9 sales respectively); confirm which form is actually being offered
- No formal care or propagation data is listed for this species yet. Apply general jewel Alocasia care (high humidity, well-draining chunky substrate) with some caution
- Given the slow growth rate and dwarf mature size (25-35cm), be realistic about how long a young offset will take to fill out
Card-Like Texture, Confirmed Data
Rugosa is usually sold as 'Alocasia Melo' rather than under its own species name, and the texture is really the whole story here: extremely thick, rigid, deeply corrugated leaves that genuinely feel more like rough cardboard or melon skin than typical foliage. Unlike a lot of rarer jewel Alocasia on this site, this one has a reasonably large sample of recorded sales behind its price data, including 78 Albo listings, which gives more confidence in the Albo and Aurea price premiums than the single-digit sample sizes seen on rarer species. The base plain-green form remains comparatively inexpensive next to either colour form.
