Colocasia esculenta
About
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.
- Family
- Araceae
How to use it
This member of the Araceae family is widely cultivated as a food crop. Its corms, leaves, stems, and petioles are all utilized as vegetables, making it an incredibly important agricultural plant across multiple continents, including Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Sources: Grangery, en.wikipedia.org
In the kitchen
Taro is a highly versatile root vegetable. Its corms serve as a major food staple in African, Caribbean, Oceanian, East Asian, Southeast Asian, and South Asian cuisines. Beyond the corms, the plant's leaves, stems, and petioles are also utilized as vegetables in cooking.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Colocasia esculenta
- Slug
- colocasia-esculenta
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Colocasia
- Species
- esculenta
- Wikidata QID
- Q227997
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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