Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
You'll find other roots called taro, as explained on page 158. This can be especially
confusing because they too are used in Asian cookery. This one also goes by the names
black taro and black elephant ear.
Appearance
The violet-stemmed taro is grown mostly as an ornamental in this country, valued for
its unusual foliage. The large arrow-shaped, blue-green leaves have violet edges. They
grow up to 2 feet in length under ideal conditions on beautiful dark violet, almost black
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