Colocasia

Schott
Description: 
[Description of *Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, from Mayo (1985)]: Robust, acaulescent herb to 2 m high or more; stem a swollen starchy tuber. Leaf broadly ovate in outline, peltate, cordate-saggitate, held pendent from
Distribution: 
*Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott is cultivated and naturalised throughout the humid tropics and subtropics.
Source: 
SSTA
Classification: 
ARACEAE

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