Colocasia is a genus[3][4] of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.[1][5] The species C. esculenta (taro) is invasive in wetlands along the Gulf Coast of the United States, where it threatens to displace native wetland plants.[6]
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Colocasia is a genus[3][4] of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.[1][5] The species C. esculenta (taro) is invasive in wetlands along the Gulf Coast of the United States, where it threatens to displace native wetland plants.[6]
English: Elephant ear, Colocasia, with blossom in my back yard
Date 22 October 2016
Source
Picture taken this morning in my back yard
Previously published: Facebook account
Author Vsmith
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.
Date 7 May 2020, 14:12:54
Source Own work
Author Sabina Bajracharya
Description: Latina: Colocasia esculenta
Nederlands: Taro. Foto genomen in de botanische tuin in Madeira.
English: Taro. Photo taken in the botanic garden in Madeira.
Deutsch: Taro
Français : Taro
Date 25 October 2001
Source Own work
Author Wouter Hagens
Description
Svenska: Colocasia esculenta i Terra Nostraparken, Furnas, Azorerna.
Date 24 June 2014, 18:02:23
Source Own work
Author C T Johansson
Camera location 37° 46′ 15.61″ N, 25° 18′ 49.32″ W View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap
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Colocasia is a genus[3][4] of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.[1][5] The species C. esculenta (taro) is invasive in wetlands along the Gulf Coast of the United States, where it threatens to displace native wetland plants.[6]
This image was originally posted to Flickr by dinesh_valke at https://flickr.com/photos/91314344@N00/1125531159. It was reviewed on 21 September 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.
