Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott (Melet. Bot. 18. 1832.)
Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Antigua, Grenada, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (exotic), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[], ], North America (exotic: FL), Old World (native: Asia; Pacific),
Common Names: Angustia (Puerto Rico), Caraibe (Haiti), Caraibe manzoubelle (Haiti), Dachine (L. Antilles), Dasheen (L. Antilles), Diahutia (Cuba), Malanga (Cuba), Malanga (Haiti), Malanga (L. Antilles), Malanga (Puerto Rico), Malanga deux palles (Haiti), Malanga isleña (Cuba), Malanga thiote (Haiti), Tahia (Dominican Republic), Tania (Dominican Republic), Taro (Dominican Republic), Taro (L. Antilles), Taro (Puerto Rico), Taro bombou (Haiti), Tayo (Dominican Republic), Tayo bambou (Haiti), Tayo blanc (Haiti), Tayo noir (Haiti), Yautia (Cuba), Yautía (Dominican Republic), Yautía coquito (Dominican Republic), Yautía malanga (Puerto Rico), Yautía morada (Dominican Republic),
Synonyms: Arum colocasia L. (Sp. Pl. 965. 1753.), Arum esculentum L. (Sp. Pl. 965. 1753.), Caladium colocasia (L.) W. Wight (Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 9: 206. 1905.), Colocasia antiquorum Schott (in H.W. Schott & S.L. Endlicher, Melet. Bot. 18. 1832.),
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