Alocasia macrorrhizos is a species of flowering plant in the arum family (Araceae) that it is native to rainforests from Borneo to Queensland[1] and has long been cultivated on many Pacific islands and elsewhere in the tropics. Common names include giant taro,[2] ʻape, giant alocasia and pai.[3] In Australia it is known as the cunjevoi[3] (a term which also refers to a marine animal).