Vihannestaaro – Colocasia esculenta

Colocasia esculenta occurs wild in tropical Asia. Taro is believed to have been domesticated in northern India, but independent domestication in New Guinea has also been suggested. Taro’s domestication is believed to have taken place at avery early date, even before the domestication of rice. Eddoe types (having a central corm and many large cormels) may have originated in China. Taro is grown in many parts of the tropics and subtropics all over the world, in the latitudinal range 35°N to 18°S, from sea level up to 1000 or even 2700 m.