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Taro
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Taro
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Common name: Taro, Cocoyam, Green Taro, Aivi, Dasheen • Arabic: قلقاس colcas • Assamese: বন কচু bon kachu, পানী কচু pani kachu • Bengali: বুনোকচু Banakochu, জংলিকচু Jongli Kochu • Bhojpuri: अरुई Arui, कंदा Kanda • Gujarati: અળવી Alavi • Hindi: अरबी Arabi, अरुवी Aruwi, बंडा Banda, घूयां Ghuyan, कचालू Kachalu, कच्चू Kachchu, काला कच्चू Kala Kachchu, केचुक Kechuk, मानक कंचू Manak Kanchu, नालिका Nalika, नालिता Nalita, नाड़ी पत्र Nari Patra, नाड़ीच Narich, पेचु Pechu, वन कचू Van Kachu, विश्व रोचन Vishva rochan, वितण्डा Vitanda • Kannada: ಕೆಸವು Kesavu, ಕೆಸ Kesa, ಕೇಸು Kesu, ಸಾವೆ (ಗಡ್ಡೆ) Save (gadde) • Konkani: तँरँ Terem, ವೇಂಟಿ Venti • Malayalam: ചേമ്പ് Chemp, മാണം Manam, താള് tal • Manipuri: ꯄꯥꯟ পান Pan • Marathi: अलें Alem, आळू Alu • Mizo: Bâl, Dawl • Nepali: कर्कलो Karkalo, गाभा Gaabhaaa, पिँडालु Pindaalu • Odia: କଚୁ kachu, ପେଚୁ pechu, ସାରୁ saru • Punjabi: ਗਾਗਲੀ gagli, ਗਵੀਆਂ gawian, ਕਚਾਲੂ kachalu • Sanskrit: दलसारिणी dalasarini, कचु kachu, कच्वी kachvi, कालकचु kalakachu, केमुक kemuka, नाडीच nadicha, नाडिपत्त्र nadipattra, नालिता nalita, पेचु pechu, शकट shakata, त्रुटिबीज trutibija, वनकचु vanakachu, विश्वरोचन vishvarochana, वितण्डा vitanda • Sindhi: ڪَچالۇ kachalu • Tamil: சேம்பு chempu, நீர்ச்சேம்பு nir-c-cempu, பேசுலம் peculam • Tangkhul: Hangkorpai, Pai • Telugu: చామ chama, చేమ chema • Tulu: ಅಂಬುಗೆ ambuge, ಚೆವು chevu, ಕೆಸು kesu, ತೇವು thevul • Angami: Dzuboun, Dzuno, Dzunuo • Urdu: اروي aruwi, گهويان ghuyan, کچالو kachalu, کچو kachchu, کيچك kechuk, نالکا nalika, نالتا nalita, پيچو pechu, ناڙيچ narich, وتنڐا vitanda &bul Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Colocasia esculenta    Family: Araceae (Arum family)
Synonyms: Alocasia illustris, Alocasia dussii
Taro is a tuberous bulb plant growing 3-5 ft tall. The large leaves of the plant resemble elephant ears. It produces heart shaped leaves 2-3 ft long and 1-2 ft across on 3 ft long stalks that all emerge from an upright tuberous rootstock, technically a corm. The inflorescence, which is rarely produced in cultivated plants, is a pale green spathe and spadix, typical of the arum family. The corm is shaped like a top with rough ridges, lumps and spindly roots, and usually weighs around 0.5-1 kg, but occasionally as much as 3.5 kg. The skin is brown and the flesh is white or pink. Certain kinds of taros produce smaller tubers or "cormels" which grow off the sides of the main corm.
Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé Photographed in Dehradun, Uttarakhand & Maharashtra.
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