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Blackstem Taro

Colocasia fontanesii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 15, February 37, March 15, April 14, May 12, June 16, July 3, August 5, September 14, October 9, November 7, December 14.
Australia161
New South Wales157
New Zealand64
California61
United States55
Auckland Region23
Northland Region21
Bay of Plenty Region10
Taranaki Region9
Queensland4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
OrderAroids, Water Plantains, Seagrass, and allies · Alismatales
FamilyArum Family · Araceae
GenusElephant ears · Colocasia

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Remember the name next time.

Practise Blackstem Taro with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.