The agricultural genus Colocasia consists of herbaceous succulent plants that reach a height of 1-3 meters, without aerial stem, the central stem is ellipsoidal, subway known as corm rich in carbohydrates.
▶ The leaves of plants of the agricultural genus Colocasia are produced from an apical meristem of the corm and appear rolled at the base, forming a very short pseudostem. The new leaves are rolled up between the petioles of the already formed leaves, and the older lateral leaves wither and dry up.
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In the first six months the plant of the agricultural genus Colocasia the leaf area increases rapidly, and then remains more or less stable while the weight of the subway organs increases.
The roots of this genus are multiple, evenly distributed around the subway stem, soft, succulent, about 0.80 to 1.20 meters long and 3 to 5 mm thick in diameter.
The stem of the plants of the agricultural genus Colocasia is subway ellipsoidal centric known as corm, which is the product of commercial interest, the leaves are usually peltate form appear rolled at the base forming a heavy short stalk..
It produces an edible central corm, large, spherical, ellipsoidal or conical, or a central corm that branches into lateral cormels, which are larger than the central one. These corms are covered externally by fibrous scales or may be smooth. The color of the flesh is usually white, but colored to purple clones may also occur.
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