Common names (English):

Cocoyam, Kalo, Taro, Wild taro

Local name (Kannada):

Habit: Herb

Distribution:

Native of Malesia to Australia.

Use: Edible tuber/ Ornamental

Description:

Herbs, rhizome stoloniferous. Leaves few to many, peltate, ovate, cordate to sagittate at base. Peduncle solitary or few together, 10-20 cm long; spathe to 20 cm long, yellow. Spadix 10 cm long, cylindrical, appendages terete, obtuse. Male flowers above, to 5-6 cm of the spadix, stamens 6; female flowers on lower, 2 cm of the spadix. Neutral flowers many. Fruit an aggregate of berries, globose.