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Colocasia
elephant ears, taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddoe
Colocasia is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Araceae, native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The genus includes the economically important species C. esculenta (taro), widely cultivated for its edible corms and leaves across tropical and subtropical regions. Plants are characterized by large sagittate leaves and reproduce primarily through underground corms and rhizomes. Several species have become naturalized beyond their native range, with C. esculenta recognized as invasive in wetland habitats along the Gulf Coast of the United States.