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Colocasia esculenta

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Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0

About

While often grown for its edible corms, *Colocasia esculenta* is a highly versatile staple crop, providing food from its corms, leaves, stems, and petioles. It is one of the most widely cultivated species of plants in the Araceae family used as a vegetable source.

Field notes

Conservation

Assessed as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List.

Habitat

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Cultivation

Difficulty
intermediate

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