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Alocasia cucullata

Hooded Dwarf Elephant Ear

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Item #: 4795

Zones: 7b to 10b

Dormancy: Winter

Height: 36" tall

Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade

Origin: Burma/Myanmar, India

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


Alocasia cucullata is a husky, but compact elephant ear with thick, shiny, green, heart-shaped leaves, each with curlicue, twisted tips and upturned leaf margins. Alocasia cucullata forms a sturdy, 3' tall x 3' wide clump with 7" wide x 1' long leaf blades at the end of the upright green petioles. The flower spathe is hooded (i.e., cucullate) with the whole flower structure hiding below the leaf. The robust growing Alocasia cucullata is just perfect where elephant ear form and texture is needed without the large size.