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(Redirected from Colocasia gigantea) Species of flowering plant

Leucocasia gigantea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Colocasieae
Genus: Leucocasia
Schott (1857)
Species: L. gigantea
Binomial name
Leucocasia gigantea
(Blume) Schott (1857)
Synonyms
  • Caladium giganteum Blume (1823)
  • Colocasia gigantea (Blume) Hook.f. (1893)
  • Arisaema fouyou H.Lév. (1914)
  • Colocasia prunipes K.Koch & C.D.Bouché (1855)

Leucocasia gigantea, also called the giant elephant ear or Indian taro, is a species of flowering plant. It is a 1.5–3 m (4 ft 11 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall aroid plant with a large, fibrous corm, producing at its apex a whorl of thick, green leaves. It is the sole species in genus Leucocasia.

Cultivation

Leucocasia gigantea is a "sister species" to another widely-cultivated 'taro', Colocasia esculenta, as well as to the alocasias, such as the large Alocasia macrorrhizos; it is speculated that L. gigantea was created as a result of natural hybridization between A. macrorrhizos and C. esculenta. It is called 'dọc mùng' in northern Vietnam and 'môn bạc hà' or 'bạc hà' in some provinces in southern Vietnam.

In Japanese, it is commonly called ハス芋 (hasu-imo), or "lotus yam". It is known as ryukyu in Kōchi Prefecture, as it is found in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Uses

In addition to its value as a starchy root vegetable—known by many names, such as taro, or arbi (in Hindi)—the plant’s leaf stalk (petiole) is also used as a vegetable in some areas of Southeastern Asia and Japan. It is sometimes used as an ingredient in miso soup, chanpurū and sushi.

References

  1. ^ Leucocasia gigantea (Blume) Schott. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. Anton Ivancic et al. Thermogenesis and flowering biology of Colocasia gigantea, Araceae Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine J Plant Res (2008) 121:73–82.
  3. "The global diversity of Taro: ethnobotany and conservation" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hue 'Taro diversity and use in Vietnam'. Ethnobotany and genetic diversity of Asian taro: focus on China
  5. Loài Dọc mùng Tri thức việt - Vietgle.
  6. Matsuda M, Nawata E; "Taro in Northern Vietnam : Its Uses, Cultivation, and Genetic Variation" Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture, VOL.46;NO.4;PAGE.247-258(2002)
  7. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hue 'Taro diversity and use in Vietnam' Ethnobotany and genetic diversity of Asian taro: focus on China
Taxon identifiers
Leucocasia
Leucocasia gigantea
Caladium giganteum
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