Xanthosoma undipes
A giant Xanthosoma found from Mexico and the Caribbean to Bolivia, and most often recorded in Costa Rica and Ecuador. Mature plants form a stout, erect stem topped by very large arrow-shaped leaves.
Where it grows wild
A robust terrestrial herb of wet premontane and lowland forest, typically in gaps, edges, stream banks and secondary growth, as is usual in the genus. Detailed species habitat notes are scarce.
Recorded from sea level to 2572 m with a median of 1300 m; the measured climate sites are all at 1400–1900 m.
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