A tender herbaceous perennial ; up to 2 m tall or more , arising from a corm with a clumping growth habit . Stems long , stout , succulent . Leaves large , smooth , 2 or 3 or more , dark green above and light green beneath , heart-shaped to arrow-shaped , triangular-ovate , peltate , cordate-sagittate , apex obtuse , basal lobes ± rounded , conspicuously-veined , drooping downwards . Inflorescences solitary or several together in row in the leaf axils . Flowers unisexual , lacking tepals ; spathe is longer than spadix , cream to golden yellow in colour . Fruit berry , green , yellow-brown when ripe , thin-walled , few seeded . Seeds not seen . (Ref . POWO ; 2023) .
No Data
Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Alocasia dussii Dammer
Aron colocasium (L.) St.-Lag.
Arum chinense L.
Caladium acre R.Br.
Calla gaby Blanco
Colocasia colocasia (L.) Huth
Leucocasia esculenta (L.) Nakai
No Data
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Taro
Green Taro
Dasheen
Elephant Ears
Caladium
Malanga
Aivi
Bleeding Heart
Cocoyam
Eddo
Egyptian Ginger
Imo
Kalo
Keladi
Talas
Callalo
Dalo
Colocasia antiquorum
Not used traditionally.
POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org https://en.wikipedia.org https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu https://www.nparks.gov.sg Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088.
