Still very rarely offered for sale or seen in collections, Alocasia suhirmaniana Yuzammi & A.Hay is a terrestrial herb. Leaf blades are broadly ovate-sagittate (shield-shaped), peltate, pointed down, thinly leathery, with the margin slightly undulate, glossy dark green adaxially with the major venation pale grey-green, dark purple abaxially. Petioles are densely longitudinally and obliquely mottled purple-brown. Alocasia suhirmaniana is a member of the Alocasia longiloba group
The specific epithet for this species is a dedication to Dr. Ir. Suhirman, formerly Director of the Indonesian Botanic Gardens, who has done much to support botanical exploration and conservation in Indonesia.
Genus name comes form the Greek words a meaning without and Colocasia the name of a closely allied genus, form which it was separated.
Alocasia suhirmaniana
Alocasia suhirmaniana comes in a 12 cm pot and is ca. 20 cm tall