Species Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott (Taro)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Liliopsida
  • --- order: Alismatales
  • ---- family: Araceae
  • ----- species: Colocasia esculenta
Countries:

AU
Australia
ES
Spain
FJ
Fiji
FR
France
GN
Guinea
IT
Italy
NZ
New Zealand
PG
Papua New Guinea
PT
Portugal
TZ
Tanzania, United Republic of
US
United States
WS
Samoa
Ecoregions:

AA0115
Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests
AA0402
Eastern Australian temperate forests
AA0406
Northland temperate kauri forests
AT0114
Guinean montane forests
AT0130
Western Guinean lowland forests
AT1015
Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic
NA0701
Western Gulf coastal grasslands
NA0806
Edwards Plateau savanna
NA1312
Tamaulipan mezquital
OC0106
Hawaii tropical moist forests
OC0112
Samoan tropical moist forests
OC0202
Hawaii tropical dry forests
PA0403
Azores temperate mixed forests
PA0501
Alps conifer and mixed forests
PA1215
Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
Links:
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/1992542
Place: Hawaii, Maui Nui Botanical Gardens, Maui
Creator: Forest & Kim Starr
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: wikimedia
Permission: PD
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/30275883
Creator: Bart Wursten
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Comments: Species: Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Date: 2013-10-29 Location: Mutucuto River crossing, footpath from Muwawa to Zomba Habitat: Disturbed riverine vegetation
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/1992544
Place: Hawaii, Foodland Pukalani, Maui
Creator: Forest & Kim Starr
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/26951237
Creator: Forest & Kim Starr
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: English: Colocasia esculenta (purple leaf). Location: Oahu, Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/26951292
Creator: Forest & Kim Starr
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: English: Colocasia esculenta (habit with dark leaves). Location: Oahu, Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/26951233
Creator: Forest & Kim Starr
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: English: Colocasia esculenta (leaf with white center). Location: Oahu, Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27178317
Creator: ChildofMidnight at en.wikipedia
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Comments: English: 1=Taro root for sale at California market, ChildofMidnight, please attribute
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/24871139
Date: 2013-02-12
Creator: David Eickhoff
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta) Uahiapele (Hawaiian variety) Family: Araceae Oʻahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)  Makes a high-quality smoky-gray poi. Early Hawaiians highly prized this variety for medicinal purposes and as an offering to the Hawaiian gods, especially for goddess Pele.  nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
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