US Plant Patent PP24596
HAWAIIAN PUNCH
Colocasia plant named ‘HAWAIIAN PUNCH’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends March 16, 2033.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP24596
- Filed
- March 16, 2013
- Granted
- July 1, 2014
- Expires
- March 16, 2033
- Assignee
- UNIV HAWAII, CHO JOHN J
- Inventor
- CHO JOHN J
Abstract
A new cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘HAWAIIAN PUNCH’ that is characterized by large sagittate leaves which are semi-glossy mid green in color, with prominent burgundy-red veins on both surfaces. The leaves of ‘HAWAIIAN PUNCH’ are borne on glossy burgundy-red petioles. ‘HAWAIIAN PUNCH’ grows with a compact and clumping plant habit. In combination these characteristics distinguish ‘HAWAIIAN PUNCH’ from all other varieties of Colocasia known to the inventor.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘HAWAIIAN PUNCH’ as described and illustrated herein.
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