Taro root (also called Dasheen) is a starchy vegetable (like a potato) that is native to tropical areas. It is often used in Caribbean, Polynesian and African cuisine.
Colocasia esculenta is a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms, a root vegetable most commonly known as taro, or kalo in Hawaiian. 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
