Alocasia melo, A.Hay, P.C.Boyce & K.M.Wong, 1997

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 939-941

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.931
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03954319-FFE9-4E20-7130-F84B8721CA61
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Alocasia melo
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Alocasia melo View in CoL A.Hay, P.C.Boyce & K.M.Wong

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Material examined. MALAYSIA – Sandakan • Beluran, Porog, westside of Bidu-Bidu Hills near Kubar Labuk ; [05°49′48″N, 117°14′29″E]; 152.4 m (500 ft.) elev.; 1 GoogleMaps

June 1964; W. Meijer SAN 41241 ( SAN) • Tongod , Gunung Tingkar; 05°18′00″N, 117°07′45″E; 6 April 1996, A. Hay, Lim & Ahmad A. Hay 12001 ( NSW, SAN) GoogleMaps • Tongod , Pinangah Forest Reserve; Dewol Sundaling et al., 04°44′50″N, 116°36′53″E; 200 m elev.; 8 December 2004; SAN 113650 ( SAN) GoogleMaps .

Identification. Highly ornamental. The finely and strong- ly rugose adaxial leaf surface of A. melo seems unique in the genus ( Hay 1998).

Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Sabah. Rainforest on ultramafic rock, in rock crevices and on thin soil along steep banks of fast-flowing streams, at elevations of 120–400 m elev.