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Colocasia esculenta in life
In life — Taro, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Kuan-Chieh (Chuck) Hung, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Kuan-Chieh (Chuck) Hung
BISH 628330Botany

Colocasia esculenta

Taro

As recorded: Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Alismatales › Araceae

Collected by
St.John, H.
Collector number
19774
Date
August 27, 1938
Locality
Itutiu District; Salraka 12°30'S 177°05'E
Island
Rotuma
Region
Fiji
Coordinates
-12.5000, 177.0833
Elevation
5 m
Identified by
St.John, H.
Record type
Preserved specimen
321 Bishop specimens of Colocasia esculenta · collected 1906–2007Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On August 27, 1938, St.John, H. also collected 20 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Colocasia esculenta. BISH 628330. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956235552. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/628330.

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