herb terrestrial, stem to 20 cm, catophylls brown, petiole cylindrical in TS becoming weakly triangular; peduncle as petiole, maroon, spathe green heavily flushed maroon, shiny, spadix red-maroon; in fruit spadix yellow-green becoming yellow, spathe brigh Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
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/