Taro
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.
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| Species: | C. esculenta
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Images
One of the largest taro growing areas in the Hawaiian Islands is the Lower Hanalei Valley
Several small loʻi or pondfields in which taro (or kalo) is being grown in Hawaii
Taro corms
Another variety of taro
Taro corms for sale
Satoimo (サトイモ) - Taro of Japan
Taro burger
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Taro Media
One of the largest taro-growing areas in the Hawaiian Islands is on Kauaʻi, in the Lower Hanalei Valley.
Geographic distribution of taro production
Peeled taro (Colocasia esculenta) corms
- Cleaning the kalo, Sandwich Islands, 1852, watercolour by James Gay Sawkins.jpg
Cleaning the kalo, Sandwich Islands, 1852, watercolour by James Gay Sawkins
Several small loʻi (pondfields) in which kalo (taro) is being grown in the Maunawili Valley on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. The ditch on the left in the picture is called an ʻauwai and supplies diverted stream water to the loʻi.
- Pig on the Samoan Umu.jpg
Taro corms cooked with pig on the Samoan umu
- Teochew Sweet Yam Paste - After Stirring.jpg
Taro paste, also known as "Or Nee", is a famous traditional Chaoshan dessert from China
- Excavated satoimo (1)-(5).jpg
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
