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    Colocasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southeastern Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated...
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    Taro (redirect from Colocasia esculenta)
    Taro (/ˈtɑːroʊ, ˈtær-/; Colocasia esculenta) is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that...
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    Eddoe (redirect from Colocasia antiquorum)
    Eddoe or eddo (Colocasia antiquorum) is a species in genus Colocasia, a tropical vegetable, closely related to taro (dasheen, Colocasia esculenta), which...
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    Colocasia fallax, the silver leaf dwarf elephant ear or dwarf taro, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to the Indian Subcontinent...
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    as a source of starch, the others being Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, Colocasia esculenta, and Cyrtosperma merkusii, each with multiple cultivated varieties...
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    Leucocasia gigantea is a "sister species" to another widely-cultivated 'taro', Colocasia esculenta, as well as to the alocasias, such as the large Alocasia macrorrhizos;...
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    Colocasia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by the German actor and entomologist Ferdinand Ochsenheimer. Colocasia coryli (Linnaeus,...
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    Colocasia flavicornis (yellowhorn) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, east of the Rocky Mountains. In Canada, it is found...
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  • Thumbnail for Colocasia propinquilinea
    Colocasia propinquilinea, the closebanded yellowhorn, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in...
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    organized by their roots' anatomy. Corm Amorphophallus konjac (konjac) Colocasia esculenta (taro) Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese water chestnut) Ensete spp...
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  • Englerarum (redirect from Colocasia montana)
    compared to the giant upright elephant ear Alocasia odora or to taro (Colocasia esculenta). It makes for a large houseplant, or an outdoor ornamental...
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    Konkani-speaking Gaud Saraswat Brahmin community (Patrodu). It is made from colocasia leaves (chevu in Tulu, taro, kesuve or arbi) stuffed with gram or rice...
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  • Thumbnail for Alocasia indica
    variegata K.Koch & C.D.Bouché (1855) Arum indicum Lour. (1790) (basionym) Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth (1841) Colocasia indica var. rubra Hassk. (1840)...
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    possible to consume the cooked foliage of certain genera, such as Alocasia, Colocasia, and Xanthosoma, as well as the ripened fruits of Monstera deliciosa,...
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    Colocasia coryli (nut-tree tussock) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe and Asia. In the north of its range, the distribution area...
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  • Thumbnail for Zantedeschia aethiopica
    (L.) Spreng., 1826 Synonyms Calla aethiopica L. Richardia africana Kunth Richardia aethiopica (L.) Spreng. Colocasia aethiopica (L.) Spreng. ex Link...
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    known as Aroids and by the family name Araceae) and may refer to: Taro (Colocasia esculenta) – old cocoyam Malanga (Xanthosoma spp.) – new cocoyam Cocoyams...
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  • Colocasia with lamb (Turkish: Kolokas yemeği) is a Middle Eastern dish, also common across Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. Ingredients include kolokas (taro)...
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    Hanuba Hanubi Paan Thaaba (Meitei for 'Old Man and Old Woman planting Colocasia/Taro'), also known as the Hanubi Hentak! Hanuba Hentak!, is a Meitei folktale...
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  • Thumbnail for Alocasia heterophylla
    heterophylla (C.Presl) Merr. Synonyms Alocasia manilensis Engl. Alocasia warburgii Engl. Caladium heterophyllum C.Presl Colocasia heterophylla (C.Presl) Kunth...
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    to that of the cycad genus Zamia and its kinship to the Araceae genus Colocasia, whose name comes from the word “culcas” or “colcas” (from an ancient...
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    elephant ear (which they share with the closely related genera Alocasia, Colocasia, and Xanthosoma), heart of Jesus, and angel wings. There are over 1000...
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    leaves Purple yam flowers Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia Colocasia esculenta Alocasia macrorrhizos Amorphophallus paeoniifolius Cyrtosperma...
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    name is also applied to members in the closely related genera Caladium, Colocasia (taro), and Alocasia. The leaves of most Xanthosoma species are 40–200...
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    the plants should be protected from spider mites or red spider attack. Colocasia Philodendron Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alocasia. Kew World...
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  • (name) Lake Arbi, lake in Elva, Estonia Arbi, edible variety of the tuber Colocasia, known in India Arbi (vegetable), an Indian name of eddoe Al-Arbi (disambiguation)...
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    Meitei folklore of Kangleipak (Meitei for 'Manipur'), Pān (Meitei for 'Colocasia' / 'Taro') plants are mentioned. In the Meitei folktale of the Hanuba...
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    and vomiting. However, similarly to another, more common taro plant, Colocasia esculenta, the corm (root bulb) of A. odora is sometimes boiled and mashed...
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  • Thumbnail for Alocasia cucullata
    Synonyms Arum cucullatum Alocasia rugosa Caladium cucullatum Caladium rugosum Colocasia cochleata Colocasia cucullata Colocasia rugosa Panzhuyuia omeiensis...
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    Portuguese, this name commonly refers to the taro plant (Colocasia esculenta) from the genus Colocasia, as opposed to Dioscorea. The main derivations borrow...
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