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taro

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Taro is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, stems and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in African, Caribbean, Oceanian, East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian cultures.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Colocasia esculenta
Genus: Colocasia
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Hardiness: Zone 3
Habit: herb
Bloom: Early Spring

Research Topics

crop-improvement climate-adaptation food-security agrobiodiversity underutilized-crops

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