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Elephant's-ear

Colocasia Sp

Photo by Sachin Zaveri
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Field Notes

Description:

In the Indian subcontinent both roots and leaves are used as food or food ingredients.

Notes:

In Gujarat, India we use these leaves to cook famous gujarati dish caaled Patra.

there are lots of bunches (groups) of this kind over the road side at Goa, India

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Sachin Zaveri
Ohh, that testes nice with rice, JadeDuallo We are having very test-full dish called "Patra" a Gujarati food.
JadeDuallo
locally called "GABI" here in the Philippines..... belongs to Araceae Family... edible varieties are used as substitute for rice.
Henry X Garzón
In my country (Ecuador) is known as papa china, as they have some bulbs that are edible :)
Arun
Welcome @Sachin Zaveri .. Pls make 'Elephant-ear' in common name and 'Colocasia Sp' in Scientific name .. its better to refer ... thanks
Arun
Elephant ear plant ... Araceae family

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PublishedOctober 13, 2011

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