Colocasia
esculenta (L.) Schott
(Essbare Zehrwurz)
Photo und copyright Jorge
Moura
III - V, Kulturpflanze
Madalena, Beira Litoral, Portugal (Benoit Bock Februar 2011)
Synonyme:
Taro, Wasserbrotwurzel, Kolokasie
Alocasia dussii Dammer; Alocasia illustris Bull; Aron colocasium (L.) St.-Lag.; Aron colocasium St. Lag.; Arum chinense L.; Arum colocasia L.; Arum colocasioides Desf.; Arum esculentum L.; Arum lividum Salisb.; Arum nymphaeifolium (Vent.) Roxb.; Arum peltatum Lam.; Caladium acre R. Br.; Caladium antiquorum Hort.; Caladium colocasia (L.) W. F. Wight; Caladium colocasioides (Desf.) Brongn.; Caladium esculentum (L.) Vent.; Colocasia gracilis Engl.; Caladium nymphaeifolium Vent.; Caladium violaceum Desf.; Caladium violaceum Engl.; Calla gaby Blanco; Calla virosa Roxb.; Colocasia acris (R.Br.) Schott; Colocasia aegyptiaca Samp.; Colocasia antiquorum f. purpurea Makino; Colocasia antiquorum Schott; Colocasia antiquorum var. esculenta (L.) Schott; Colocasia antiquorum var. rupicola Haines; Colocasia antiquorum var. stolonifera Haines; Colocasia colocasia (L.) Huth;
Zantedeschia virosa (Roxb.) C. Koch
English name:
Edible Colocasia, Coco- Yam, Taro
Nome italiano:
Fava d'Egitto
Weltweite Verbreitung:
China, India, Assam, Bangladesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Nepal, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Andamans, Nicobars,
Malaysia, Sumatra, New Guinea, Pakistan
Kultviert und evt. eingebürgert
in:
*Portugal, *Spain, *Sardinia, *Italy (Kalabrien), *Croatia, *Greece
Korea (c), Bhutan (c), Darjeeling (c), Sikkim (c), Philippines (c), Java (c), Sri Lanka (c),
Laccadives (c), Maldives (c), Australia (c), New Zealand (c), Hawaii (c),
(c), Algeria (c), Morocco (c), Madeira (c), Canary Isl. (c) (Gran Canaria (c), Tenerife (c), La Gomera (c), La Palma Isl.(c)), Cape Verde Isl. (c)
trop. Africa (c), Madagascar (c), Comores (c), Mauritius (c), La Réunion, (c), Socotra (c), Central African Republic (c), Costa Rica (c),
Mexico c), Peru (c), Galapagos Isl. (c), Jamaica (c), Puerto Rico (c), Ecuador (c), Panama (c), Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana (c), Surinam (c), French Guiana (c), Argentina, Paraguay (c), Honduras (c), Lesser Antilles (c) (Antigua (c), Guadeloupe (c), Dominica (c), Martinique (c), St. Lucia (c)), Nicaragua (c), Colombia, Cayman Isl. (c), USA
(c)Cameroon (c), Burkina Faso (c), Chad (c), Mozambique (c), Sudan (c), South Sudan (c), Congo (Brazzaville) (c), Singapore (c), Zimbabwe (c), Benin (c), Togo (c), Guinea (c), Trinidad & Tobago
(c)
Colocasia esculenta ist in
Spanien und Portugal an mehreren Orten verwildert und +/- invasiv:
"Colocasia
esculenta (L.) Schott (Araceae), an expanding invasive species of aquatic
ecosystems in the Iberian Peninsula: New records and risk assessment"
von Juan Lomas, Filip Verloove (2017).
Hauptanbaugebiete (80 %) in Zentralafrika.
Häufig kultiviert auf Hawaii:
Photo und copyright Forest
and Kim Starr
Sowohl die Wurzel, als auch Blätter und Stängel
sind essbar
Photo und copyright Forest
and Kim Starr
