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Colocasia antiquorum or eddoe, [11] [12] sometimes considered a synonym of C. esculenta. [13] Colocasia esculenta or taro (L.) Schott - taro, elephant-ear - native to southern China, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Sumatra; naturalized in other parts of Asia as well as Africa, southern Europe, South America, Central America, the West Indies ...
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 .
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]
The plant may reach heights of 4–6 metres, with leaves and roots much larger than Colocasia esculenta. The sagittate leaves are up to 6' 7" (2 meters) long by up to four feet (120 cm) in width, borne atop petioles or stalks up to 19' 6" (6 meters) in length and four inches (10 cm) wide.
Leucocasia gigantea is a "sister species" to another widely-cultivated 'taro', Colocasia esculenta, as well as to the alocasias, such as the large Alocasia macrorrhizos; it is speculated that L. gigantea was created as a result of natural hybridization between A. macrorrhizos and C. esculenta. [3]
C. esculenta may refer to: Canna esculenta, a garden plant; Collocalia esculenta, the glossy swiftlet, a bird species found in Asia; Colocasia esculenta, the taro or eddoe, a tropical plant species grown primarily for its edible corms
This species of Alocasia grows to about 0.5–1.6 m high, or just over 5 feet, with corms measuring 4 cm to around 10 cm in diameter and 3–5 cm wide. The leaves are big, diamond-blade-shaped, slightly “teardrop” in form, but ovate, with a light green hue and a cordate base.
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 ]