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- Colocasia abstract "Colocasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southeastern Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions. Common names include Tarul, Karkala ko ganu, Elephant-ear, Taro, Cocoyam, Dasheen, Chembu, Champadhumpa, and Eddoe. Elephant-ear and Cocoyam are also used for some other large-leaved genera in the Araceae, notably Xanthosoma and Caladium. The generic name is derived from the ancient Greek word kolokasion which in the Greek botanist Dioscorides (1st century AD) meant the edible roots of both Colocasia esculenta and Nelumbo nucifera. It is thought that the edible roots of Colocasia esculenta have been cultivated in Asia for more than ten thousand years.They are herbaceous perennial plants with a large corm on or just below the ground surface. The leaves are large to very large, 20–150 cm (7.9–59.1 in) long, with a sagittate shape. The elephant's-ear plant gets its name from the leaves, which are shaped like a large ear or shield. The plant reproduces mostly by means of rhizomes (tubers, corms) but it also produces \"clusters of two to five fragrant inflorescenes in the leaf axils\". Like other members of the family, the plant contains an irritant which causes intense discomfort to the lips, mouth and throat. This acridity is caused in part by microscopic needle like raphides of calcium oxalate monohydrate and in part by another chemical, probably a protease. The acridity helps to naturally deter herbivores from eating it. It must be processed by cooking, soaking or fermenting - sometimes along with an acid (lime or tamarind) before being eaten. The species Colocasia esculenta is invasive into wetlands along the American Gulf coast, where it threatens to displace native wetland plants. It is on invasive species lists for (for example) Texas and FloridaSpecies Colocasia affinis Schott - Yunnan, Nepal, Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, eastern Himalayas Colocasia antiquorum, sometimes considered a synonym of C. esculenta. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott - Taro, Elephant-ear, Eddoe - native to southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Sumatra; naturalized in other parts of Asia as well as Africa, southern Europe, South America, Central America, the West Indies, the southeastern United States, and many oceanic islands including Hawaii Colocasia fallax Schott - Tibet, Yunnan, Himalayas, northern Indochina Colocasia fontanesii Schott - Yunnan, eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina Colocasia gigantea (Blume) Hook.f. – Giant Taro - southern China, Indochina, Malaysia, western Indonesia Colocasia lihengiae C.L.Long & K.M.Liu - Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan Colocasia mannii Hook.f. - Assam, Nicobar Islands Colocasia menglaensis J.T.Yin, H.Li & Z.F.Xu - Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Colocasia oresbia A.Hay - Bangladesh, SabahFormerly placed hereSchismatoglottis calyptrata (Roxb.) Zoll. & Moritzi (as C. neoguineensis Linden ex André)Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don (as C. indica (Lour.) Kunth)↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ↑ ↑ 3.0 3.1 ↑ 4.0 4.1 ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ 12.0 12.1 ↑ ↑ ↑".
- Colocasia class Monocotyledon.
- Colocasia division Flowering_plant.
- Colocasia family Araceae.
- Colocasia family Aroideae.
- Colocasia family Colocasieae.
- Colocasia kingdom Plant.
- Colocasia order Alismatales.
- Colocasia synonym "Leucocasia (Schott)".
- Colocasia thumbnail Taimo_Okinawa.jpg?width=300.
- Colocasia wikiPageExternalLink 108.
- Colocasia wikiPageExternalLink Colocasia_esculenta.php.
- Colocasia wikiPageExternalLink plant.aspx?id=19.
- Colocasia wikiPageExternalLink detail.php?symbol=COES.
- Colocasia wikiPageID "90170".
- Colocasia wikiPageLength "15310".
- Colocasia wikiPageOutDegree "92".
- Colocasia wikiPageRevisionID "707557573".
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Akki_Roti.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Akki_rotti.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Alismatales.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Alocasia_macrorrhizos.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Araceae.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Aroideae.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Asia.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Bengal.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Caladium.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Category:Araceae_genera.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Category:Aroideae.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_Asia.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Caterpillar.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Chembu.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Chikmagalur.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Colocasia.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Colocasia_affinis.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Colocasia_esculenta.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Colocasia_fallax.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Colocasia_fontanesii.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Colocasia_gigantea.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Colocasia_lihengiae.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Colocasia_mannii.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Colocasia_menglaensis.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Colocasia_oresbia.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Colocasieae.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Compost.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Corm.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Cypriot_cuisine.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Dakshina_Kannada.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Eddoe.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Eromba.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Fermented_soy_beans.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Fertilizer.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Flowering_plant.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Gujarat.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Heinrich_Wilhelm_Schott.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Herbaceous_plant.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Indian_subcontinent.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Karnataka.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Kerala.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Leaf.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Leaf_shape.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Lepidoptera.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Maharashtra.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Manipur.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Meitei_people.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Monocotyledon.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Nagaland.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Nelumbo_nucifera.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Ornamental_plant.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Palpifer.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Patrode.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Pedanius_Dioscorides.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Perennial_plant.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Plant.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Poi_(food).
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Protease.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Raphide.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Schismatoglottis_calyptrata.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Shade_(shadow).
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Shimoga.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Sindhis.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Soil.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Starch.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Synonym_(taxonomy).
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Tamil_Nadu.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Taro.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Telugu_cuisine.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Tuber.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Udupi.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Uttara_Kannada.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Uttarakhand.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Vigna_mungo.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink Xanthosoma.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLink File:Starr_070730-7885_Colocasia_esculenta.jpg.
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLinkText "Colocacia".
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLinkText "Colocasia".
- Colocasia wikiPageWikiLinkText "colocasia".
- Colocasia familia Araceae.
- Colocasia genus "Colocasia".