Colocasia esculenta, the taro or eddoe, a tropical plant species grown primarily for its edible corms
Morchella esculenta, the morel, yellow morel, common morel, true morel, morel mushroom or sponge morel, a mushroom species
Psoralea esculenta, an herbaceous perennial plant species native to prairies and dry woodlands of central North America
C. gigantea is close to Alocasia macrorrhizos and is thought to be produced from natural crossing between A. macrorrhizos and C.esculenta.