Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs black wattle

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Acacia celsa

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while black wattle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	black wattle
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Araceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Acacia
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Acacia celsa

Evolutionary Relationship

Arrowleaf elephant's ear and black wattle share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

black wattle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	black wattle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Colombia).

black wattle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

The Arrowleaf elephant's ear, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, is a species. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

black wattle

The black wattle (Acacia celsa) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.