Colocasia esculenta, the taro or eddoe, a tropical plant species grown primarily for its edible corms
Estimates are that taro was in cultivation in wet tropical India before 5000 BC, presumably coming from Malaysia, and from India further transported westward to ancient Egypt, where it was described by Greek and Roman historians as an important crop.
Ingredients: Colocasia esculenta, lamb chunks, onion,juice of half a lemon, flour, butter,salt.
The taro (Colocasia esculenta), referred to in the Azores as inhames or coco in Portuguese, is cultivated in many islands of the archipelago.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Colocasia antiquorum and Ludwigia species in southern China, Colocasia esculenta in Japan, Ludwigia repens and Boerhavia species in India and numerous other hostplants from elsewhere, including Arum, Caladium, Pistia, Kochia, Ipomoea, Boerhavia, Ludwigia, Rosa and Trapa species.
Colocasia esculenta | Psoralea esculenta | Gyromitra esculenta | Morchella esculenta | Colocasia gigantea |