Elephant's-Foot
Beaucarnea recurvata
- Found in India
- Gujarat, West Bengal
How to identify Elephant's-Foot
Identify Elephant's-Foot by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Swollen bulbous water-storing trunk base, curly leaves (elephant's foot).
- Confirm leaf shape: Linear.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, West Bengal.
- Confirm it sits within the Asparagaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Elephant's-Foot.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Beaucarnea recurvata
- Genus
- Beaucarnea
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Found in India
- Gujarat, West Bengal
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LinearrecordedVery long and narrow with roughly parallel sides.“The leaves are green, linear, slightly recurved and bent, thin, flat or slightly ridged.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Elephant's-Foot itself; the rest are typical of the Asparagaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“The flowers are creamy-white, 1.5 mm diameter, produced in a dense panicle 90–112 cm (35–44 in) tall.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“The flowers are creamy-white, 1.5 mm diameter, produced in a dense panicle 90–112 cm (35–44 in) tall.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Elephant's-Foot itself; the rest are typical of the Asparagaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Elephant's-Foot
Elephant's-foot (Beaucarnea recurvata) belongs to the Asparagaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat and West Bengal.
Uses
It is planted as an ornamental. Parts of this plant are reported as poisonous — treat it as unsafe to eat and wash your hands after handling.
Asparagaceae
Asparagus family
Elephant's-Foot belongs to the Asparagaceae family.
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