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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. Taro corms are a food staple in African, Oceanic, East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian cultures (similar to ...
Colocasia is a genus [3] [4] of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.
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]
Taro (Colocasia esculenta) – old cocoyam; Malanga (Xanthosoma spp.) – new cocoyam; Cocoyams are herbaceous perennial plants belonging to the family Araceae and are grown primarily for their edible roots, although all parts of the plant are edible.
Taro corms. Corm. Amorphophallus konjac (konjac) Colocasia esculenta (taro) Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese water chestnut) Ensete spp. (enset) Nymphaea spp. (waterlily) Pteridium esculentum; Sagittaria spp. (arrowhead or wapatoo) Typha spp. Xanthosoma spp. (malanga, cocoyam, tannia, yautia and other names) Colocasia antiquorum (eddoe or Japanese ...
The taro (Colocasia esculenta), sometimes referred to as the "true taro", is one of the most ancient cultivated crops and pre-dated the Austronesian expansion. [6] Taro is found widely in tropical and subtropical regions of South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia and is highly polymorphic , making ...
Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms. Taro may also refer to: Plants. Alocasia macrorrhizos, ...
Food plants in the family Araceae include Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (elephant foot yam), Colocasia esculenta (kochu, taro, dasheen), Xanthosoma (cocoyam, tannia), Typhonium trilobatum and Monstera deliciosa (Mexican breadfruit).