Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Taro, elephant ear, cocoyam, eddo, eddoe, dasheen, dashee, coco yam
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2/24/2010 · San Diego (Quail) Botanic Garden, Encinitas, California 
ID is uncertain 
3/10/2001 · Waipi'o Valley, Hawaii 
2/24/2010 · San Diego (Quail) Botanic Garden, Encinitas, California 
3/10/2001 · Waipea Valley, Hawaii 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Alismatidae | Aquatic and marshy plants |
| Order | Alismatales | Herbaceous flowering plants found in marshy habitats |
| Family | Araceae | Arum family, with plants whose flower is enclosed in a spathe |
| Genus | Colocasia | |
| Species | esculenta |
Colocasia esculenta description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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