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Colocasia occurs as flowering plant genus of about eight coinage, native to Polynesia and Southeast Asia (Wagner, Herbst, and Sohmer, 1999).

Species
C. affinis jenningsii C. bicolor C. coryli C. esculenta - taro C. gigantea - giant taro C. lihengiae C. macrorrhiza C. menglaensis

Colocasia antiquorum
Photographs of flowers and leaves.

Colocasia esculenta
Photograph of a field grown crop of this root vegetable.


Science: Agriculture: Field Crops: Root Crops: Taro






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