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Eddoe or eddo (Colocasia antiquorum) is a species in genus Colocasia, [2] a tropical vegetable, closely related to taro (dasheen, Colocasia esculenta), which is primarily used for its thickened stems . [3] [4] In most cultivars there is an acrid taste that requires careful cooking. [3]
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.
It was borrowed by Latin as colocasia, thus becoming the genus name Colocasia. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Taro is among the most widely grown species in the group of tropical perennial plants that are colloquially referred to as "elephant ears", when grown as ornamental plants . [ 9 ]
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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
Colocasia tibetensis J.T.Yin Colocasia yunnanensis C.L.Long & X.Z.Cai Colocasia fallax , the silver leaf dwarf elephant ear or dwarf taro , is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae , native to the Indian Subcontinent, Tibet and Yunnan in China, and mainland Southeast Asia . [ 1 ]
Colocasia coryli (nut-tree tussock) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe and Asia . In the north of its range, the distribution area includes northern Scandinavia , while in the south the moth is limited to montane areas of western and northern Spain, Sicily , Greece, Romania and Asia minor .
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.