Taro facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Taro |
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Colocasia
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C. esculenta
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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.
Images for kids
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One of the largest taro growing areas in the Hawaiian Islands is the Lower Hanalei Valley
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Several small loʻi or pondfields in which taro (or kalo) is being grown in Hawaii
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Taro corms
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Another variety of taro
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Taro corms for sale
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Satoimo (サトイモ) - Taro of Japan
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Taro burger
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Images for kids
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Taro output in 2009
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Peeled taro corms
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Fijian lovo of cooked staples: taro and cassava (white)
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Taro paste, also known as "Or Nee", is a famous traditional Chaoshan dessert from China
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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
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Toran-guk (taro soup)
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Small ball of mashed taro paste served on a banana leaf in a restaurant of the Daan district (Taipei)
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Laing
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Chè khoai môn
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Kochu bata
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Taro stolons at a market in Dhaka
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Saru bhoja
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Arikanchan is prepared from taro leaves, black lentils paste and spices in mostly the Eastern Terai of Nepal, is traditional and indigenous food.
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Arvi gosht
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Njahi, Nduma, Chapati, Kachumbari, chicken - an average Kikuyu party mix
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Preparing taro in Cameroon
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Taro leaf-stems (petioless) for sale at a market in California, 2009
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Chopped taro for preparing sopa de gallina
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Flower
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Leaves
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Corms
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Corm (cross section)
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See also
In Spanish: Colocasia esculenta para niños
