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Taro
Colocasia esculenta
Taro · / · Alti kachu · Amadumbe · Arum-Lily Potatoes · Bore · Cará-de-Lama · Chamadumpa · Chamagadda · Chamakura · Chempakizhanna · Chou de Chine · Coco yam · Colocase comestible · Colocase comestible, Arum comestible · Colocase comestible, Songe, Arum, Songe blanc, Songe Caraïbe, Songe gris, Songe noir · Dachine · Donkey's Ear · Elefantøre · Għorgħar
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Brazil, Trinidad, China, Samoa, Venezuela, Japan, US, Hawaii
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abortifacient, Ache(Ear), Alopecia, Anodyne
Science studied: ALUMINUM, AMYLOPECTIN, ARABINOSE, ASCORBIC-ACID
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Araceae
Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta
Common names: Taro, /, Alti kachu, Amadumbe, Arum-Lily Potatoes, Bore, Cará-de-Lama, Chamadumpa, Chamagadda, Chamakura, Chempakizhanna, Chou de Chine, Coco yam, Colocase comestible, Colocase comestible, Arum comestible, Colocase comestible, Songe, Arum, Songe blanc, Songe Caraïbe, Songe gris, Songe noir, Dachine, Donkey's Ear, Elefantøre, Għorgħar
History
The source record documents this plant in Brazil, Elsewhere, Trinidad, China, Samoa, Venezuela, Japan, US and 3 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abortifacient
- Ache(Ear)
- Alopecia
- Anodyne
- Antidote
- Astringent
- Athlete's-Foot
- Bite(Bug)
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- Boil
- Cancer(Nose)
- Cyanogenetic
- Dyspepsia
- Intoxicant
- Morphea
- Mycosis(Veterinary)
- Parturition
- Poison
- Poultice
- Rubefacient
- Stimulant
- Sting(Wasp)
- Styptic
- Thrush
- Tubercle
- Vermifuge
- Wart
- Carminative
- Laxative
- Pediculicide
- Piles
- Polyp
- Scleroderma
- Sore
- Tumor
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Brazil
- Elsewhere
- Trinidad
- China
- Samoa
- Venezuela
- Japan
- US
- Hawaii
- Egypt
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Documented cultural uses
- Abortifacient
- Ache(Ear)
- Alopecia
- Anodyne
- Antidote
- Astringent
- Athlete's-Foot
- Bite(Bug)
- Boil
- Cancer(Nose)
- Cyanogenetic
- Dyspepsia
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- Intoxicant
- Morphea
- Mycosis(Veterinary)
- Parturition
- Poison
- Poultice
- Rubefacient
- Stimulant
- Sting(Wasp)
- Styptic
- Thrush
- Tubercle
- Vermifuge
- Wart
- Carminative
- Laxative
- Pediculicide
- Piles
- Polyp
- Scleroderma
- Sore
- Tumor
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALUMINUM
- AMYLOPECTIN
- ARABINOSE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BORON
- CALCIUM
- CALCIUM-OXALATE
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- COPPER
- CYSTINE
- FAT
- FIBER
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
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- GLYCINE
- HEMICELLULOSE
- HOMOGENTISIC-ACID
- ISOLEUCINE
- KILOCALORIES
- LEUCINE
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LYSINE
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- METHIONINE
- MUCILAGE
- NIACIN
- OLEIC-ACID
- OXALATE
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- PROLINE
- PUFA
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SAPOTOXIN
- SODIUM
- STARCH
- STEARIC-ACID
- SUGAR
- THIAMIN
- THREONINE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYROSINE
- VALINE
- WATER
- SERINE
- HISTIDINE
- PROTEIN
- SAPONIN
- SFA
- ALANINE
- AMYLOSE
- ARGININE
- CAROTENOIDS
- IRON
- MUFA
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- URONIC-ACID
- ZINC
- GALACTOSE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- OXALIC-ACID
- SULFUR
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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