Alocasia heterophylla
Alocasia heterophylla is a small Philippine Alocasia, about 50 cm tall. Its dark leaves vary in shape on the same plant, from triangular to arrow- or spear-shaped, and older ones are sometimes cupped. It grows in the understory of lowland evergreen forest, often on limestone.
Where it grows wild
Wikipedia describes it in limestone areas, usually near beaches. Specimen labels also record it in lowland evergreen rainforest on loam and humus, near falls, on ridges and in disturbed forest. It is an erect to descending herb about 30 cm tall with glossy dark leaves and orange fruit.
Wikipedia gives 29–200 m. Specimen records run 107–930 m, with a median of 500 m (6 records), including Negros sites near 930 m.
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