Hi everyone, I’m hoping for an ID on this terrestrial aroid I collected a few months ago in Kuningan, West Java (Indonesia). I actually found it discarded in the shade underneath a Banyan tree in a graveyard. It had already been uprooted and tossed in a pile of grass weeds because the keeper found it "aesthetically unpleasant" (said it didn't fit the graveyard's aesthetic). I asked him if it was ok to take it home, and he said yes, so I rescued it. I can't recall if the underground part was a rhizome, corm, or tuber since it's been a while. The leaf shape is distinctly sagittate with very pronounced, sharp posterior lobes, it gives me more of an "elf-ear" vibe than the typical round "elephant-ear." The texture is very shiny and waxy, similar to an Alocasia macrorrhizos, but the leaves aren't held as upright. The petiole definitely connects at the sinus of the leaf (marginal/basifixed) rather than being peltate, which rules out standard Colocasia esculenta for me (and other aroids with peltate leaves). I’m leaning towards Xanthosoma, but my X. robustum is much more matte, whereas this guy is super glossy, and most Xanthosoma here have velvet-leaning leaves. Could this be a different glossy Xanthosoma species? Or is it possible this is a Homalomena with unusually sharp edges? Or is it from a genus I've never heard of? Thanks!
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