This is an endemic species of Australia. It is found in "Queensland and New South Wales, in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate rainforest, wet open sites, predominantl at low altitudes, [and] generally on pleiotrophic soils." It can become a large plant with a stem having a diameter of up to 13 cm, petioles to ca. 1.1 m, and a blade that is about 0.74 m (an estimate from the line drawing). (A. Hays. 1991. The genus Alocasia (Araceae) in Australasia. Blumea 35: 499-545.)

This plant was one of two that was collected from a population at the edge of a tropical rain forest near Yungaburra, Queensland. Upon returning home, I noticed that the population was not as homogeneous as I originally thought. The photographs on the next page show the difference between the two plants.