USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUR. 
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19. Amorphophallus Blume 
3®, A. campanula t US Blume. F. B. I. vi, 513 ; Eng. & Prantl ii, 
3, 126 ; Beng. PI. 1109 ; D. E. P. i, 225 ; Pharir.&cog. Ind. iii, 546. 
Sadiya. No. 387. 
Local name. — 01 . 
Distrib. — W ild and cultivated throughout the plains of India and 
Ceylon. 
A tall herb with beautiful, much branched leaves borne on spotted, snake-like stalka. 
The whole plant is very acrid. This acridity being due to the presence of raphides, can be 
destroyed by adding acid substances. A paste or jelly of the tuber (01 kachu) and tamarind 
pulp is sometimes eaten. Leaves mixed with tamarind pulp are eaten as sag. 
20. Alocasia Schott. 
21. A. macrorrkiza Schott. F. B. I. vi, 526 ; Eng. & Prantl ii, 3, 
138 ; Beng. PL 1111. 
A. odorum Boxb. FI. Ind. iii, 499; D. E. P. i, 178. 
Dibrugarh. No. 149. 
Local name. — Kala kachu. 
Distrib. — T ropical and sub-tropical India, wild and cultivated. A 
native of Tropical Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands. 
4- large herb with handsome dark leaves borne-on black stalks. The tubers are said to be 
excellent to eat. Cottagers near Dibrugarh said that they might be eaten raw. 
22. A. iudica Schott. F. B. I. vi, 525 ; Eng. & Prantl ii, 3, 138 ; 
Beng. PL 1111; D. E. P. i, 178; Pharmacog. Ind. iii, 544. 
Arum indicum Boxb. FI. Ind. iii, 498. 
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Local name . — Man Jcaehcku. 
Distrib. — I n Tropical Asia native and cultivated ; cultivated in the 
otherparts of the tropics. 
An aroid resembling the common Kachu ( Colocasia antiquorum Schott) but the leaves of 
Alocasia are much larger. It is apparently not cultivated in Lakhimpor but occurs occasion- 
ally near dwellings. The rootstock is eaten by the Kacharis. 
21. Colocasia Linn. 
23. C. antiquorum Schott. F. B. I. vi, 523 ; Eng. & Prantl ii, 3, 139 ; 
Beng. Pl. 1112 ; D. E. P. ii, 509. 
Arum Colocasia Boxb. FI. Ind. iii, 494. 
Dibrugarh. No. 30. 
LocalLname. — Rack u . 
Distrib. — T hroughout the hotter parts of India and Ceylon, wild and 
cultivated. Cultivated in all hot countries. 
This is the common Kachu seen by every road-side in India. It is cultivated for its 
tubers. The leaves are eaten as a sag • 
