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Colocasia
esculenta
(L.) Schott
Published In:
Meletemata Botanica 18. 1832. (
Melet. Bot.
)
Synonymy
Arum esculentum L.
Caladium esculentum (L.) Vent.
Colocasia antiquorum Schott
Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum (Schott) C.E. Hubb. & Rehder
Project Name Data
(Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance :
Accepted
Project Data
(Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit :
Fl. Per.:
apparently does not flower here. Propagated by its corms.
Distribution :
Distribution: Cultivated in the tropics everywhere, up to 2600 m.
Comment/Acknowledgements :
“Elephants ear” is cultivated for its starchy tuberous corms, which when boiled lose their poisonous nature and can be eaten. The leaves are also edible and a source of vitamins A,B, and C. The juice from the corm and the petioles is medicinal, being used as a stimulant, rubifacient and as a styptic.
Map Location :
C-7 Attock Dist.: Wah, 8.iii.52, coll. ignot. s.n. (RAW); id., M. Charles 54 (KUH); Hasanabdal, R.R. & I.D. Stewart 310 (RAW); Lahore Dist.: D-8 Lahore, 20.vii.36, A. Kapur s.n. (RAW).
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Leaves ovate-subcordate, up to 35 cm or more long. Spathe up to 40 cm long, yellow, spadix included.
Lower Taxa
Colocasia
esculenta
var.
antiquorum
(Schott) C.E. Hubb. & Rehder
=
Colocasia
esculenta
(L.) Schott