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First described in Java by Marian Raciborski in 1900, taro leaf blight is caused by the oomycete Phytophthora colocasiae, which infects primarily Colocasia spp. and Alocasia macrorrhizos. [1] P. colocasiae primarily infects leaves, but can also infect petioles and corms. [2] Brown lesions on taro; Credit: Scot Nelson, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or tannia, is a tropical flowering plant from the family Araceae.It produces an edible, starchy corm. X. sagittifolium is native to tropical America where it has been first cultivated.
Cocoyams commonly reach in excess of one metre (three feet) in height and although they are perennials, they are often grown as annuals, harvested after one season. Colocasia species may also be referred to as taro, old cocoyam, arrowroot, eddoe, macabo, kontomire or dasheen and originate from the region of Southeast Asia.
Colocasia is a genus [3] [4] of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southeastern Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.
Taro (/ ˈ t ɑːr oʊ, ˈ t ær-/; Colocasia esculenta) is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms , leaves, stems and petioles .
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Sometimes the latter name is also applied to members in the closely related genera Caladium, Colocasia , and Alocasia. The leaves of most Xanthosoma species are 40–200 centimetres (16–79 inches) long, sagittate (arrowhead-shaped) or subdivided into three or as many as 18 segments.
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