Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta)Uahiapele (Hawaiian variety)Family: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Makes a high-quality smoky-gray poi. Early Hawaiians highly prized this variety for medicinal purposes and as an offering to the Hawaiian gods, especially for goddess Pele.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta)Lauloa Eleele mao & Ulaula Km are Hawaiian varietiesFamily: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Lauloa Eleele mao (left) & Ulaula Km (right)Early Hawaiians were often very specific in their descriptions of plants and varieties they encountered or cultivated. These kalo or taro are classic examples:Left front: Lauloa means a "long wave" or "long leaved" in Hawaiian. Eleele is "black" and refers to the purplish-black color of the h (petiole). mao is "green" and refers to the light green edges of the stem. The kalo (right), is Ulaula Km. Ulaula means "red, red" and km refers to the ocean fish km or red goatfish (Parupeneus porphyreus).Early Hawaiians use this kalo, and others in this group, for medicinal purposes, primarily in pulmonary disorders. Today, it is used as a table taro and for poi.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
Summary[edit] Description: English: Location taken: the New York Botanical Garden. Names: Colocasia esculenta 'Fontanesii' (Linnaeus) Schott, Black Stem Elephant Ear, Black Taro, Coco-Yam, Dasheen, Taro, Violet Stem Tar Classification: Plantae > Angiosperms > Monocots > Alismatales > Araceae > Colocasieae > Colocasia > Colocasia esculenta 'Fontanesii'. Date: 30 March 2006. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.
Colocasia esculentaKalo or Taro (Hawaiian variety)Family: Araceae (Arum family)Oahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians were often very specific in their descriptions of plants and varieties they encountered or cultivated. This kalo has an excellent quality mainly as table kalo. The Mana and the Lauloa kalo are preferred to all others for making the Hawaiian pudding klolo, a combination of grated taro and coconut milk. nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
Summary[edit] Description: English: Location taken: Lilypons Water Gardens, Adamstown Maryland, USA. Names: Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic' (Linnaeus) Schott, Black Magic Elephant Ear, Black Magic Elephant Ear Colocasia Esculenta, Black Magic Taro, Tar Classification: Plantae > Angiosperms > Monocots > Alismatales > Araceae > Colocasieae > Colocasia > Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic'. Date: 8 July 2006. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.
Summary[edit] Description: Español: Frituras de malanga recién hechas, por un amigo cubano. Foto tomada en Barcelona (España) el 25 de abril de 2021. Date: 25 April 2021, 16:12:31. Source: Own work. Author: El Mono Español.
Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta)Lauloa Eleele mao (Hawaiian variety)Family: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians were often very specific in their descriptions of plants and varieties they encountered or cultivated. This kalo, or taro, is a classic example of this type of specific description:Lauloa means a "long wave" or "long leaved" in Hawaiian. Eleele is "black" and refers to the purplish-black color of the h (petiole). mao is "green" and refers to the light green edges of the stem. Early Hawaiians use this kalo, and others in this group, for medicinal purposes, primarily in pulmonary disorders. Today, it is used as a table taro and for poi.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/