Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo) Author Wong, Sin Yeng Author Joling, Jyloerica text Check List 2021 2021-06-17 17 3 931 974 http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.3.931 journal article 10.15560/17.3.931 1809-127X Alocasia melo A.Hay, P.C.Boyce & K.M.Wong Figure 2B Material examined. MALAYSIA – Sandakan • Beluran , Porog , westside of Bidu-Bidu Hills near Kubar Labuk ; [ 05°49′48″N , 117°14′29″E ]; 152.4 m ( 500 ft. ) elev.; 1 Figure 2. Alocasia in Sabah. A. Alocasia cuprea . B. Alocasia melo . C. Alocasia pangeran . D. Alocasia principiculus . E. Alocasia reginula . F. Alocasia robusta (inflorescences post anthesis). G. Alocasia sarawakensis (inflorescence). H. Alocasia wongii . June 1964; W. Meijer SAN 41241 ( SAN ) • Tongod , Gunung Tingkar ; 05°18′00″N , 117°07′45″E ; 6 April 1996 , A. Hay , Lim & Ahmad A. Hay 12001 ( NSW , SAN ) • Tongod , Pinangah Forest Reserve ; Dewol Sundaling et al., 04°44′50″N , 116°36′53″E ; 200 m elev.; 8 December 2004 ; SAN 113650 ( SAN ) . Identification. Highly ornamental. The finely and strong- ly rugose adaxial leaf surface of A. melo seems unique in the genus ( Hay 1998 ). Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Sabah . Rainforest on ultramafic rock, in rock crevices and on thin soil along steep banks of fast-flowing streams, at elevations of 120–400 m elev.