perennial

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Taro 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. Taro corms are a food staple in African, Caribbean, Oceanian, East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian cultures.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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