Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAlismatales
FamilyAraceae
GenusCaladium
Scientific name with authorshipCaladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.
Indexed scientific synonyms
Alocasia rex N.E.Br.Alocasia roezlii N.E.Br.Arum bicolor AitonArum pellucidum FulchirArum pellucidum Fulchir ex KunthArum pulchrum Salisb.Arum vermitoxicum Vell.Arum vermitoxicum Vell. ex KunthCaladium albicans StangeCaladium albopunctatissimum Jacob-MakoyCaladium albopunctatissimum Jacob-Makoy ex H.Karst.Caladium amabile Verschaff.Caladium amoenum Engl.Caladium appunianum Engl.Caladium argyrospilum Lem.Caladium auritum Jacob-MakoyCaladium baraquinii W.BullCaladium baraquinii W.Bull ex J.DixCaladium barilletii Anon.Caladium barraquinii HérincqCaladium barraquinii Lem.Caladium bicolor f. argyrospilum (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. argyrospilum (Lem.) Vent.Caladium bicolor f. barraquinii (Hérincq) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. brongniartii (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. brongniartii (Lem.) Vent.Caladium bicolor f. chantinii (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. chantinii (Lem.) Vent.Caladium bicolor f. devosianum (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. devosianum (Lem.) Vent.Caladium bicolor f. haematostigma (Kunth) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. macrophyllum (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. macrophyllum (Lem.) Vent.Caladium bicolor f. mirabile (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. mirabile (Lem.) Vent.Caladium bicolor f. neumannii (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. neumannii (Lem.) Vent.Caladium bicolor f. perrieri (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. perrieri (Lem.) Vent.Caladium bicolor f. punctatissumum StangeCaladium bicolor f. regale (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. regale (Lem.) Vent.Caladium bicolor f. robustum JonkerCaladium bicolor f. rubicundum StehléCaladium bicolor f. splendens (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. surinamense (Miq.) StehléCaladium bicolor f. vellozianum (Schott) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. vellozoanum (Schott) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. verschaffeltii (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor f. wightii (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor subsp. splendens (K.Koch & Fintelm.) E.J.Lowe & W.HowardCaladium bicolor var. albomaculatum Engl.Caladium bicolor var. argyrospilum (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. barraquinii (Hérincq) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. bohemicum Engl.Caladium bicolor var. brongniartii (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. chantinii (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. curwadlii Engl.Caladium bicolor var. devosianum (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. duchartrei Engl.Caladium bicolor var. eckhartii Engl.Caladium bicolor var. enkeanum (K.Koch) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. haematostigma KunthCaladium bicolor var. hendersonii Engl.Caladium bicolor var. houbyanym Engl.Caladium bicolor var. houlletii (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. ketteleri Engl.Caladium bicolor var. kochii Engl.Caladium bicolor var. kramerianum Engl.Caladium bicolor var. laucheanum (K.Koch) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. leopoldii Engl.Caladium bicolor var. lindenii Engl.Caladium bicolor var. macrophyllum (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. marginatum (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. mirabile (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. neumannii (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. pellucidum (DC.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. pellucidum (DC.) KunthCaladium bicolor var. perrieri (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. pictum (DC.) KunthCaladium bicolor var. regale (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. roseomaculatum Engl.Caladium bicolor var. rubellum (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. rubicundum Engl.Caladium bicolor var. rubrivenium Engl.Caladium bicolor var. sieboldii Engl.Caladium bicolor var. splendens (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. stangeanum (K.Koch) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. surinamense (Miq.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. transparens Engl.Caladium bicolor var. vellozianum (Schott) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. vellozoanum (Schott) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. vermitoxicum (Vell.) StellfeldCaladium bicolor var. verschaffeltii (Lem.) Engl.Caladium bicolor var. wightii (Lem.) Engl.Caladium brongniartii Lem.Caladium camoensii Van GeertCaladium camoensii VanGeertCaladium cannaertii Verschaff.Caladium chantinii Lem.
Documented use categories
Medicine
Human food
Environmental use
Gene source
Poison reported
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier30010088-2
Use codesEU GS HF ME PO
Crop wild relativeNo
Contributing checklist sources
USDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Useful Plants of New GuineaPlant Resources of South-East AsiaPlant Resources for Tropical Africa
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Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.