Not to be confused with
tarot.
| Taro |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Monocots |
| Order: |
Alismatales |
| Family: |
Araceae |
| Genus: |
Colocasia |
| Species: |
C. esculenta |
| Binomial name |
Colocasia esculenta
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| Synonyms |
- Alocasia dussii Dammer
- Alocasia illustris W.Bull
- Aron colocasium (L.) St.-Lag.
- Arum chinense L.
- Arum colocasia L.
- Arum colocasioides Desf.
- Arum esculentum L.
- Arum lividum Salisb.
- Arum nymphaeifolium (Vent.) Roxb.
- Arum peltatum Lam.
- Caladium acre R.Br.
- Caladium colocasia (L.) W.Wight nom. illeg.
- Caladium colocasioides (Desf.) Brongn.
- Caladium esculentum (L.) Vent.
- Caladium glycyrrhizum. Fraser
- Caladium nymphaeifolium Vent.
- Caladium violaceum Desf.
- Caladium violaceum Engl.
- Calla gaby Blanco
- Calla virosa Roxb.
- Colocasia acris (R.Br.) Schott
- Colocasia aegyptiaca Samp.
- Colocasia colocasia (L.) Huth nom. inval.
- Colocasia euchlora K.Koch & Linden
- Colocasia fonstanesii Schott
- Colocasia gracilis Engl.
- Colocasia himalensis Royle
- Colocasia neocaledonica Van Houtte
- Colocasia nymphaeifolia (Vent.) Kunth
- Colocasia peltata (Lam.) Samp.
- Colocasia vera Hassk.
- Colocasia violacea (Desf.) auct.
- Colocasia virosa (Roxb.) Kunth
- Colocasia vulgaris Raf.
- Leucocasia esculenta (L.) Nakai
- Steudnera virosa (Roxb.) Prain
- Zantedeschia virosa (Roxb.) K.Koch
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Taro (; Colocasia esculenta) is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, stems and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in African, Oceanic, East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian cultures (similar to yams). Taro is believed to be one of the earliest cultivated plants.