ALANINE

ALUMINUM

AMYLOPECTIN

AMYLOSE

ARABINOSE

ARGININE

ASCORBIC-ACID

ASPARTIC-ACID

BETA-CAROTENE

BORON

CALCIUM

CALCIUM-OXALATE

CARBOHYDRATES

CAROTENOIDS

COPPER

CYSTINE

GALACTOSE

GLUTAMIC-ACID

GLYCINE

HEMICELLULOSE

HISTIDINE

HOMOGENTISIC-ACID

IRON

ISOLEUCINE

KILOCALORIES

LEUCINE

LINOLEIC-ACID

LINOLENIC-ACID

LYSINE

MAGNESIUM

MANGANESE

METHIONINE

MUCILAGE

MUFA

NIACIN

OLEIC-ACID

OXALATE

OXALIC-ACID

PALMITIC-ACID

PHENYLALANINE

PHOSPHORUS

PHYTOSTEROLS

POTASSIUM

PROLINE

PUFA

RIBOFLAVIN

SAPONIN

SAPOTOXIN

SERINE

SODIUM

STARCH

STEARIC-ACID

SUGAR

SULFUR

THIAMIN

THREONINE

TRYPTOPHAN

TYROSINE

p-=!?!=-Colocasia esculenta is a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms, a root vegetable most commonly known as taro (), or kalo in Hawaiian (see Names and etymology for an extensive list). It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae which are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in African, Oceanic and South Asian cultures (similar to yams), and taro is believed to have been one of the earliest cultivated plants.+=?!?=+h2-=!?!=-Names and etymology+=?!?=+p-=!?!=-The English term taro was borrowed from the Maori language of New Zealand when Captain Cook first observed plantations of Colocasia 

p-=!?!=-Taro (lat. Colocasia esculenta), biljna vrsta iz roda taro ili kolokazija, porodica Araceae, poznat u običnom govoru kao taro i srodan vrsti C. antiquorum, poznatoj kao 'eddoe'.+=?!?=+p-=!?!=-Taro je porijeklom iz južne Indije i jugoistočne Azije. To je trajnica, tropska biljka, koja se prvenstveno uzgaja kao korijenasto povrće zbog jestivoga škroba te kao lisnato povrće. Koristi se za hranu u Africi, Oceaniji i Indiji, a vjeruje se da je jedna od prvih kultiviranih biljaka.Smatra se da je nastala u Indo-malajskoj regiji, vjerojatno u istočnoj Indiji i Bangladešu, a širila se prema jugoistočnoj i istočnoj Aziji te pacifičkim otocima, na zapad do Egipta i istočnog Sredozemlja, a zatim

taro (colocasia esculenta)

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