| |
Colocasia esculenta
|
| |
|
| |
Family:
ARACEAE
|
| |
Citation: Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott in Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 1: 18. 1832; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 304. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 431. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 402. 1985; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 358. 1997; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 493. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 417. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 837. 1990; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 294. 1991; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 533. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 496. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 410. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 485. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 754. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 474. 1998; Sivad. in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 242. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 367. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 524. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 906. 2009; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 722. 2009.
Arum esculentum L., Sp. Pl. 965. 1753.
Arum colocasia L., Sp. Pl. 965. 1753.
Colocasia antiquorum Schott in Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 1: 18. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 523. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1580(1102). 1931.
|
| |
Malayalam Name(s):
Chembu, Seppankizhangu, Kaattuchembu, Madantha
|
| |
Tamil name(s):
|
| |
English name(s):
Cocoyam, Dasheen, Eddo, Kalo, Taro, Wild taro
|
| |
Description:
Herbs, rhizome stoloniferous. Leaves few to many, peltate, 20-28 x 10-18 cm, ovate, cordate to sagittate at base, glabrous; nerves 6 pairs, united to form an intramarginal vein; lowest pair with lateral nerves of the basal lobes, intercostae curved; petiole 30-45 cm long, cylindrical, smooth. Peduncle solitary or few together, 10-20 cm long, stout; spathe to 20 cm long, yellow, lanceolate, constricted above the base; limb acuminate. 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; ovary 1-celled, ovules many on 2-4 parietal placentas. Neutral flowers many, peltate, between the female and male flowers. Fruit an aggregate of berries, globose.
|
| |
Habit:
Herb
|
| |
Flowering & Fruiting:
May-October
|
| |
District(s):
All Districts
|
| |
Medicinal:
Yes
|
| |
Habitat:
Waterlogged ditches and streamside
|
| |
Distribution:
Pantropical
|
| |
Aquatic:
Yes
|
| |
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
| |
Saprophyte:
No
|
| |
Stem parasite:
No
|
| |
Root parasite:
No
|
| |
Flower colour(s):
Yellow
|
| |
Weed:
No
|
| |
Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
|
| |
Exotic:
No
|
| |
Garden:
No
|
| |
Edible:
No
|
| |
Vegetable:
Yes
|
| |
Endemic to:
|
| |
IUCN status:
|
| |
Altitude:
|
| |
Localities:
Peechi, Rosemala, Vallakkadavu, Anakkalvayal, Plapally, Tellicherry, Manjeswar, Mathur, Pooyamkutty, Anamari, Hereford, Thenmalai, Kottaram
|