Taro Root(Arbi)

Colocasia esculenta is a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms, a root vegetable most commonly known as taro , kalo, dasheen, madhumbe, marope, magogoya, patra or godere (see Names and etymology for an extensive list).[citation needed] It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in African, Oceanic, and South Asian cultures (similar to yams), and taro is believed to have been one of the earliest cultivated plants.