Taro culms marketed
Buton Island Indonesia
(Copyright by photographer)
Several plants in the Araceae family are called Taro. Their corms are used as vegetables. Colocasia esculenta is the most widely cultivated type of Taro.
Names
Scientific
Colocasia esculenta
English
Cocoyam
Dasheen
Eddoe
Old cocoyam
Taro
Dutch
Taro
Spanish
Taro
French
Taro
German
Taro
Italian
Colocasia
Taxonomy
Genus
Colocasia
Family
Araceae
Order
Alismatales
Crop categories
Vegetables
Tuber vegetables
Corm vegetables
Food crops
Tropical crops
Staple food
Pictures
Taro culms marketed
Buton Island Indonesia
(Copyright by photographer)
Taro plant
Buton Island Indonesia
(Copyright by photographer)