Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta)Uahiapele (Hawaiian variety)Family: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Makes a high-quality smoky-gray poi. Early Hawaiians highly prized this variety for medicinal purposes and as an offering to the Hawaiian gods, especially for goddess Pele.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/

Papeete, les du Vent, Polynsie Franaise

Colocasia esculentaKalo or Taro (Hawaiian variety)Family: Araceae (Arum family)Oahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Fair table kalo. Rare variety.

Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta)Lauloa Eleele mao & Ulaula Km are Hawaiian varietiesFamily: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Lauloa Eleele mao (left) & Ulaula Km (right)Early Hawaiians were often very specific in their descriptions of plants and varieties they encountered or cultivated. These kalo or taro are classic examples:Left front: Lauloa means a "long wave" or "long leaved" in Hawaiian. Eleele is "black" and refers to the purplish-black color of the h (petiole). mao is "green" and refers to the light green edges of the stem. The kalo (right), is Ulaula Km. Ulaula means "red, red" and km refers to the ocean fish km or red goatfish (Parupeneus porphyreus).Early Hawaiians use this kalo, and others in this group, for medicinal purposes, primarily in pulmonary disorders. Today, it is used as a table taro and for poi.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Port Vila Markets, Efate Island, Vanuatu. Photographed on 17 March 2011.www.inaturalist.org/observations/52992974

Colocasia esculentaKalo or Taro (Hawaiian variety)Family: Araceae (Arum family)Oahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians were often very specific in their descriptions of plants and varieties they encountered or cultivated. This kalo has an excellent quality mainly as table kalo. The Mana and the Lauloa kalo are preferred to all others for making the Hawaiian pudding klolo, a combination of grated taro and coconut milk. nativeplants.hawaii.edu/

Colocasia esculentaKalo or Taro (Hawaiian variety)Family: Araceae (Arum family)Oahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Fair table kalo. Rare variety.

Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta)Lauloa Eleele mao (Hawaiian variety)Family: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians were often very specific in their descriptions of plants and varieties they encountered or cultivated. This kalo, or taro, is a classic example of this type of specific description:Lauloa means a "long wave" or "long leaved" in Hawaiian. Eleele is "black" and refers to the purplish-black color of the h (petiole). mao is "green" and refers to the light green edges of the stem. Early Hawaiians use this kalo, and others in this group, for medicinal purposes, primarily in pulmonary disorders. Today, it is used as a table taro and for poi.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/

Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta)Eleele Naioea (Hawaiian variety)Family: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)H (Petiole or leaf stalk)www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/8479538083/in/datetaken-...Lau (back of the leaf)www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/8479537817/in/datetaken-...The lilac-purple Io kalo (Corm) produces red poi that is highly prized.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/

Colocasia esculentaKalo or Taro (Hawaiian variety)Family: Araceae (Arum family)Oahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians were often very specific in their descriptions of plants and varieties they encountered or cultivated. This kalo has an excellent quality mainly as table kalo. The Mana and the Lauloa kalo are preferred to all others for making the Hawaiian pudding klolo, a combination of grated taro and coconut milk. nativeplants.hawaii.edu/

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Port Vila Markets, Efate Island, Vanuatu. Photographed on 17 March 2011.www.inaturalist.org/observations/52992974

Colocasia esculentaKalo or Taro (Hawaiian variety)Family: Araceae (Arum family)Oahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians were often very specific in their descriptions of plants and varieties they encountered or cultivated. This kalo has an excellent quality mainly as table kalo. The Mana and the Lauloa kalo are preferred to all others for making the Hawaiian pudding klolo, a combination of grated taro and coconut milk.

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Port Vila Markets, Efate Island, Vanuatu. Photographed on 17 March 2011.www.inaturalist.org/observations/52992974

Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta)Uahiapele (Hawaiian variety)Family: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Makes a high-quality smoky-gray poi. Early Hawaiians highly prized this variety for medicinal purposes and as an offering to the Hawaiian gods, especially for goddess Pele.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/

Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States

Shefa, Vanuatu

Araceae (Arum family)Oahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)'Black Magic' is a hybrid variety and used mostly as a decorative plant. Not a native Hawaiian variety of kalo (taro).Front of leafwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/8480626406/in/datetaken-...Back of leafwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/8479541611/in/datetaken-...Here shown growing in moist conditions in a bed of endangered Ihiihilaukea or Hawaiian water fern (Marsilea villosa).nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Marsilea_villosa

Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta)Eleele Naioea (Hawaiian variety)Family: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)The lilac-purple Io kalo (Corm) produces red poi that is highly prized.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/

Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta) Polol (Hawaiian variety)Family: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)A fairly good poi taro, and a very good table taro.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/

Colocasia esculentaKalo or Taro (Hawaiian variety)Family: Araceae (Arum family)Oahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Fair table kalo. Rare variety.

Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta)Eleele Naioea (Hawaiian variety)Family: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)The lilac-purple Io kalo (Corm) produces red poi that is highly prized.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/

Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta)Lauloa Eleele mao (Hawaiian variety)Family: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians were often very specific in their descriptions of plants and varieties they encountered or cultivated. This kalo, or taro, foreground, is a classic example of this type of specific description:Lauloa means a "long wave" or "long leaved" in Hawaiian. Eleele is "black" and refers to the purplish-black color of the h (petiole). mao is "green" and refers to the light green edges of the stem. Early Hawaiians use this kalo, and others in this group, for medicinal purposes, primarily in pulmonary disorders. Today, it is used as a table taro and for poi.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/

Kalo or Taro (Colocasia esculenta) Polol (Hawaiian variety)Family: AraceaeOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)A fairly good poi taro, and a very good table taro.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Port Vila Markets, Efate Island, Vanuatu. Photographed on 17 March 2011.www.inaturalist.org/observations/52992974