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Taro
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Colocasia
Species: C. esculenta
Binomial name
Colocasia esculenta
(L.) Schott

Taro is a plant used as a vegetable. People eat its stem (corm) and its leaves. It is grown by people in Oceania. It is one of the earliest plants that people grew. It is poisonous when raw, but is safe to eat if it is cooked.

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  • Taro fields

    One of the largest taro growing areas in the Hawaiian Islands is the Lower Hanalei Valley

  • Kalo Loi Harvest

    Several small loʻi or pondfields in which taro (or kalo) is being grown in Hawaii

  • Taro corms

    Taro corms

  • Taro corms 2

    Another variety of taro

  • Colocasia esculenta dsc07801

    Taro corms for sale

  • Satoimo(Japan)

    Satoimo (サトイモ) - Taro of Japan

  • Taro burger

    Taro burger


Images for kids

  • Taro2009

    Taro output in 2009

  • Peeled taro corms

    Peeled taro corms

  • Lovo

    Fijian lovo of cooked staples: taro and cassava (white)

  • Teochew Sweet Yam Paste - After Stirring

    Taro paste, also known as "Or Nee", is a famous traditional Chaoshan dessert from China

  • Excavated satoimo (1)-(5)

    Excavated Japanese satoimo root (stems are cut before the plant is dug up): (1) Remaining stem from parent or seed satoimo, (2) Parent or seed satoimo, (3) Remaining stem from child satoimo, (4) Child satoimo, (5) Grandchild satoimo

  • Toran-guk

    Toran-guk (taro soup)

  • 芋泥 à Taipei

    Small ball of mashed taro paste served on a banana leaf in a restaurant of the Daan district (Taipei)

  • Laingjf1762

    Laing

  • Seaweed taro dessert

    Chè khoai môn

  • Food-Kochu-Bata

    Kochu bata

  • Taro stolons of Bangladesh

    Taro stolons at a market in Dhaka

  • Saru bhoja

    Saru bhoja

  • Arikanchan

    Arikanchan is prepared from taro leaves, black lentils paste and spices in mostly the Eastern Terai of Nepal, is traditional and indigenous food.

  • Arvi Gosht

    Arvi gosht

  • Njahi, Nduma, Chapati, Kachumbari, chicken - an average Kikuyu party mix

    Njahi, Nduma, Chapati, Kachumbari, chicken - an average Kikuyu party mix

  • Pileuse de taro

    Preparing taro in Cameroon

  • Taro sticks for sale

    Taro leaf-stems (petioless) for sale at a market in California, 2009

  • Sopa de Gallina

    Chopped taro for preparing sopa de gallina

  • Elephant Ear Flower One

    Flower

  • 2006-10-22Colocasia01

    Leaves

  • Coloc escul 140521-0017 tdp

    Corms

  • Taro root and crossection of taro root

    Corm (cross section)

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