Colocasia esculenta - Arum-Lily Potatoes - Biodiversity of Singapore

Taxonomic tree

Kingdom Plantae 2414 Phylum Tracheophyta 2407 Subphylum Angiospermae 2272 Class Liliopsida 482 Order Alismatales 62 Family Araceae 50 Subfamily Aroideae 29 Tribe Colocasieae 1 Genus Colocasia 1

Colocasia esculenta

Introduced

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Species

Arum-Lily Potatoes

Introduced herb species. Casual, cultivated.

Other common names

Coco Yam en, Donkey's Ear en, Katchu en, Native Cabbage en, Sempu ta, Shamakkilangu ta, Taro en, Dasheen en, Wild Taro en, Eddo en, Elephant's Ear en, Daun Keladi ms, Elephant-ear en.

Distribution

Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Zambia and Zimbabwe.