Colocasia esculenta

Translingual

cocoyam leaves, elephant ears

Proper noun

Colocasia esculenta f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Araceae – cocoyam.

Synonyms

• (cocoyam): dasheen (Caribbean), eddo (western Africa), elephant ears/elephant's ear, kalo (Hawaii), malanga

Hypernyms

• (species): Arales - order; Araceae - family; Aroideae - subfamily; Colocasieae - tribe; Colocasia - genus

Hyponyms

• (species): Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum, Colocasia esculenta var. fontanesii - selected varieties; for additional varieties and forms see Colocasia esculenta at Tropicos

References

• Colocasia esculenta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Colocasia esculenta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Colocasia esculenta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Colocasia esculenta at USDA Plants database
• Colocasia esculenta at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Colocasia esculenta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Colocasia esculenta at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Colocasia esculenta at Tropicos
• Colocasia esculenta at Plants of the World Online