US Plant Patent PP24481
WHITE LAVA
Colocasia plant named ‘WHITE LAVA’
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
- PP24481
- Filed
- March 16, 2013
- Granted
- May 20, 2014
- Expires
- March 16, 2033
- Assignee
- CHO JOHN J
- Inventor
- CHO JOHN J
Abstract
A new cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘WHITE LAVA’ that is characterized by sagittate leaves which are semi-glossy medium green in color with bold cream markings and veins. The leaves of ‘WHITE LAVA’ are borne on glossy burgundy-red colored petioles. ‘WHITE LAVA’ grows with a compact and clumping habit. In combination these characteristics distinguish ‘WHITE LAVA’ 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 ‘White Lava’ as described and illustrated herein.
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