Colocasia esculenta

by Ron Vanderhoff, Orange County CNPS

Common Name(s)

wild taro, coco-yam, eddo, elephant-ear-plant

Synonym(s)

Arum esculentum, Caladium esculentum, Colocasia antiquorum

Is this plant a cultivar? No

Life History: Perennial

Growth Form: forb

Native Range

Australia (Queensland)?, India, southeastern Asia

History as an Ornamental

ornamental and cultivated as a vegetable

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by Ron Vanderhoff, Orange County CNPS
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