Alocasia infernalis
A small, robust Alocasia about 55 cm tall with lustrous, deep purple-black leaves, known only from scattered populations in the Sungai Gaat watershed in Kapit Division, Sarawak. It grows in heavy shade on valley bottoms in ever-wet lowland forest, on red clay-loam under deep leaf litter. Grow it as a shade-loving, warm, humid terrarium or cabinet aroid.
Where it grows wild
Boyce describes valley bottoms in moist to ever-wet lowland forest, on red sandstone-derived clay-loam deeply covered in leaf litter, in heavy shade. It is a terrestrial forest-floor plant and does not grow on limestone.
No recorded elevation. The habitat is described as lowland forest valley bottoms in the upper Rajang basin, probably below about 500 m.
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