Xanthosoma violaceum

Schott 1853

This plant grows to about 1.2 m in height. The petioles and the bottom side of leaves are violet.

View of a mature plant.	A juvenile leaf.
In 2004 I got one small plant from the Botanic garden in Wroclaw.	It must have grown in deep shadow, because the bottom side of the leaves was green and should be violet.
A few months later the leaves had right colours.

Link to Krzysztof Kozminski's X. violaceum page. Link to Philippe Faucon's Desert-Tropicals X. violaceum.