Alocasia rugosa
Alocasia Melo
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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
Native to the rocky forest understories of Sarawak, Borneo.
Classification
- Genus
- Alocasia
- Family
- Araceae
- Type
- Wild
- Growth habit
- Dwarf, clumping, upright
Morphology
- Leaf shape
- CordateHeart-shaped foliage, featuring a rounded notch (sinus) where the leaf stem attaches., thick, rigid
- Leaf length
- 12-18cm
- Leaf width
- 10-14cm
- Petiole colour
- Short, thick light green
- Venation
- Deeply set primary green veins
- Texture
- Extremely rugose, rough, melon-skin like
- Variegation
- None
- Growth habit
- Upright dwarf clumping
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Before you buy
- 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 several times the plain plant's price; confirm which form is actually being offered. Both are also sold under the trade name Melo, see Alocasia melo Albo and Alocasia melo Aurea
- 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