Alocasia Baginda
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''Alocasia baginda'', the dragon scale plant, 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
Kalimantan Kalimantan () is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area. The non-Indonesian parts of Borneo are Brunei and East Malaysia. In Indonesia, "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo. In 2019, ...
, Indonesia. As a houseplant it is rare in commerce, with the unimproved species, and the cultivars 'Pink Dragon' and the smaller 'Silver Dragon' (which may be a hybrid) occasionally available.


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baginda House plants Flora of Kalimantan Plants described in 2011 {{Araceae-stub