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Colocasia esculenta

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott  [Unverified Identification]


Family Araceae
Local Name Gabi (Tagalog)
Habit Herb (Herbaceous tuber)
Habitat Cultivated
Special Notes Poisonous before cooking due to calcium oxalate
Ethnobotanical Uses FOOD: corm is human-consumable;
Collected from Bacnotan, La Union, Region I (Ilocos Region).
Collector(s) Agdaca, Jamorabon, Natividad, Quezon

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