- Family : ARACEAE
(Arum Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : OAL FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Araceae
- Basionym : Arum esculentum L.
- Synonym(s) : Aron colocasium (L.) St.-Lag.; Colocasia antiquorum Schott
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
- Common name : Taro, Cocoyam, Wild Taro
- Vernacular name :
- Kaccalu, Khuyya, Ghuyya, Arvi (Hindi)
- Kachi, Shamagadde (Kannada)
- Sapakizhangu (Tamil)
- Alupam. Aalukee (Sanskrit)
- Alu, Chamkara (Marathi)
- Chembu, Seppankizhangu, Madantha (Malayalam)
- Saru, Bansaru (Oria)
- Kaladi, Chamadumpa, Chamagadda (Telugu)
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Often cultivated for its edible tuber. Widely distributed along roadsides of ghats and plains, and wet habitats
- Flower, Fruit : June-January
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Buldhana district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : Common in damp, shaded places; also cultivated
- Native : Indian subcontinent
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Matthew, K.M., 1983. The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2)
- Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Colocasia esculenta. Downloaded on 1 June 2024.
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