Common name
English: Taro
German: Taro
Mandarin: 芋 (yu)
Portuguese: Inhame
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Arales (13)
Family: Araceae (16)(family description)
Genus: Colocasia (2)
Epithet: esculenta (L.) Schott (4)
Synonyms: Alocasia dussii Dammer, Caladium glycyrrhizum Fraser
dussii => in honor of Antoine Düss (1840-1924), swiss missionary and plant collector working in Martinique and Guadeloupe
esculenta => edible, fit for human food
glycyrrhizum => sweet root
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow, beige, white
External links
Check for Colocasia esculenta at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [105] International Aroid Society
- [229] Colocasia esculenta - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [1231] Colocasia - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
- [1513] Colocasia esculenta - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.