Elephant Ear, Taro, Dasheen, Eddo (Colocasia esculenta)

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turektaylor Elizabeth City, NC(Zone 8a) May 26, 2009

Elephant Ear, Taro, Dasheen, Eddo
Colocasia esculenta

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Michaelp Erwin, TN(Zone 7a) May 31, 2009

this looks like a Colocasia esculenta, --not Xanthosoma, --Michaelp

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turektaylor Elizabeth City, NC(Zone 8a) Jun 02, 2009

sorry, wrong pic this is suppose to be the correct one

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Joan Belfield, ND(Zone 4a) Jun 02, 2009

The first photo in this thread, (the one that appears on the actual PlantFile entry), was moved to the correct entry.

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Michaelp Erwin, TN(Zone 7a) Jun 02, 2009

even tho the picture is labeled Xanth sag, --it is not a xanth, -it you note the cut between the leaf lobes, --it does not go all the way to the apex of the stem, -and--there is not a vein along the leaf edge, -like alocasia, --so---it is a Colocasia I can't see enough of the plant to identify the variety, -but it is hard to identify some of them when I have the entire plant in my collection, -[-I have about 40 ]

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turektaylor Elizabeth City, NC(Zone 8a) Jun 14, 2009

it is only about 3 1/2 ". could that be why?
thanks mary ann

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Michaelp Erwin, TN(Zone 7a) Jun 27, 2009

in my opinion, no, --the division between the leaf lobes does not go all the way to the stem, - Xanthosoma, will have this division, even at a very young age, --it looks like a Colocasia, to me, --as the leaves do not apear thick enough to be a Alocasia, --when it gets bigger, you will see for sure, --Michael

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