Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Castor

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Ricinus communis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Castor
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Araceae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Ricinus
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Ricinus communis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Castor

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Castor
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).

Castor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (26 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (12 countries).

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.

Castor

The Castor (Ricinus communis) is a species in the genus Ricinus. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and hi

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 24 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 🇵🇼 Palau 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇸 United States