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755.000 Colocasia
Description of the genus
Robust herbs with large tuber. Leaves peltate, cordate-sagittate; lamina simple. Plant flowering with leaves. Spathe with a short green ellipsoid basal tube (which is not strongly inflated) and much longer yellow to orange apex. Spadix shorter than spathe with a conical naked sterile appendix. Flowers unisexual. Worldwide: 8 species in tropical Asia; C. esculenta widely cultivated throughout the tropics |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| esculenta (L.) Schott | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Colocasia:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Colocasia pageFlora of Mozambique: Colocasia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Colocasia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Colocasia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Colocasia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Colocasia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Colocasia
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Colocasia
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