''Alocasia azlanii'', the red mambo, is a species of flowering plant in the family
Araceae
The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also ...
, native to
Brunei
Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...
, and first described in 2016.
With its red to purple patterning on and near its leaf veins, it is sometimes kept as a houseplant.
References
azlanii
House plants
Endemic flora of Brunei
Plants described in 2016
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