Plant Details

Accepted name:: Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott [Araceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aaloo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aaluki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aivi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akkirantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alcocaz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alupam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ampakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arasina yele	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
arwi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashukachu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
auri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avigedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avois	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banpinalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bifunu	Other	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
birah keladi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bituca	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
bkate	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
brahmarakasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakavilvam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakiniyacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakiniyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakiyacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camaikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caninicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cemaikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cempai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cempilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cempu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceppai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceppankilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaamakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaembu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamadumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamagadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamakura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamakuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamathumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chema	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chembu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chempa-kizhanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chempakizhanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chempu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
coco yam	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cocoyam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colocasia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
colocasie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
colomia antiquorum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
compu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dasheen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
daun keladi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eddo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eddo-taro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eddoes	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
edibleyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
elephant's ear	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
elephant's-ear	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fan kochu	Other	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
gahala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gelo	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ghoya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghuiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghuiyaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ghuiyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghuya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghwiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorikachu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
green taro	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
imo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inhame	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inhame-branco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inhame-da-costa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inhame-da-áfrica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kaachu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacchachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachhchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachwae	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachwi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaladi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalkas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kancancikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kancancikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasave	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katchu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuchena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattusenai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kealdi talas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keeshina gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keladi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keladi cina	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keladi hudang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keladi putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keladi udang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kesave dantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kesavedantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kesavegadde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kesavina gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kesavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keshavana-gadde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keshavanagadde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keshingende	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khuyya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koadi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kochu	Other	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015)
kur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
la wang	Other	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang et al., 2005)
lakshmanakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
langa	Other	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
lokotshi	Other	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
madumbe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mahuya-pein	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
makarairutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makaraviri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makaraviricceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makavirukati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makavirutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malanga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nalitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natapattirikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natipattiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natpattirikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natpattirikaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirccempu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ocumo	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
paapad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pai	Other	TK of Wild Edible Pl. with Med. Use, Myanmar (Shin et al., 2018)
pain-ga-n	Other	TK of Wild Edible Pl. with Med. Use, Myanmar (Shin et al., 2018)
pantakicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peculam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peculi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pein	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
pein-u	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
pindaaluka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pindalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pullakacci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qalqās	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
qulqas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ran aalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rebol	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
saave gadde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saave gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sari kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sato-imo	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sehuy	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
semban kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sempu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seppan kizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seppankizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seppen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shaame gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shaave gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shaeppamkizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shama gadde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shamagadde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shamak-kizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shamakkilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shamakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shamathumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shame-gadde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shamegadde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shana dumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shanadumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shemakkalenga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shembu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
t'u chih	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
taioba-de-são-tomé	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
talas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tayoba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toran	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
turavicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuspiratarucini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tutpiratarucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tǔ zhī	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
urarparicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasa	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
vatikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatinkanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatukacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viruntakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
weli-ila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild taro	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yeyu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
yu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
yu t'ou	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yù nǎi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yù yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zehrwurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
قلقاس	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ගහල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
土芝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山芋	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
檳榔心芋	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
燕窝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
石角芋	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
紅芋	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
紫芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芋叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芋头	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芋头花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芋梗	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芋艿	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芋頭	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
里芋	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
野芋	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野芋叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
青芋	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Tuber		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole plant		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Corm, Leaves, Petioles		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petioles, sap		TK of Wild Edible Pl. with Med. Use, Myanmar (Shin et al., 2018)
Corm	Juice	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves, corms	tender leaves	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang et al., 2005)
root		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
petiole, corn, leaves	juice from petiole, juice of corn	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tuber	fresh tuber	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 72 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arum colocasia L. Sp. Pl.: 965 (1753).
Arum esculentum L. Sp. Pl.: 965 (1753).
Arum nymphaeifolium (Vent.) Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 65 (1814).
Colocasia antiquorum Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 18 (1832).
Colocasia antiquorum f. purpurea Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 15 (1926).
Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum (Schott) F.T.Hubb. & Rehder Bot. Mus. Leafl. 1(1): 5 (1932).
Colocasia formosana Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 133 (1919).
Colocasia tonoimo Nakai Iconogr. Pl. Asiae Orient. 3: 231 (1940).
Alocasia dussii Dammer Gartenflora 1892: 312 (1892).
Alocasia illustris W.Bull Gard. Chron. 1873: 606 (1873).
Aron colocasium (L.) St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 119 (1880).
Arum chinense L. Amoen. Acad. 4: 234 (1754).
Arum colocasioides Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 7 (1829).
Arum lividum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 260 (1796).
Arum peltatum Lam. Encycl. 3: 13 (1789).
Caladium acre R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 336 (1810).
Caladium antiquorum (Schott) André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 113 (1866).
Caladium atrovirens André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 113 (1866).
Caladium colocasia (L.) W.Wight Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 206 (1905), nom. illeg.
Caladium colocasioides (Desf.) Brongn. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 156 (1834).
Caladium divaricatum André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 113 (1866).
Caladium esculentum (L.) Vent. Descr. Pl. Nouv.: t. 30 (1801).
Caladium esculentum bataviensis Hovey Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 22 (1882).
Caladium glycyrrhizum Fraser Bot. Misc. 1: 259 (1830).
Caladium nigrescens André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 113 (1866).
Caladium nymphaeifolium Vent. Descr. Pl. Nouv.: t. 30 (1801).
Caladium parimaense André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 113 (1866).
Caladium violaceum Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 7 (1829).
Caladium violaceum Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 492 (1879).
Caladium violaceum var. alboviolaceum André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 112 (1866).
Calla gaby Blanco Fl. Filip.: 659 (1837).
Colocasia acris (R.Br.) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 18 (1832).
Colocasia aegyptiaca Samp. Herb. Port., Apend 2: 3 (1914).
Colocasia antiquorum var. acris (R.Br.) Schott Syn. Aroid.: 41 (1856).
Colocasia antiquorum f. acuatica Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 15 (1926).
Colocasia antiquorum f. eguimo Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 15 (1926).
Colocasia antiquorum var. esculenta (L.) Schott Syn. Aroid.: 41 (1856).
Colocasia antiquorum var. euchlora (K.Koch & Linden) Schott Syn. Aroid.: 42 (1856).
Colocasia antiquorum var. globulifera Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 68 (1920).
Colocasia antiquorum var. illustris (W.Bull) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 492 (1879).
Colocasia antiquorum var. multifolia Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1: 4 (1916).
Colocasia antiquorum var. nymphaeifolia (Vent.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 492 (1879).
Colocasia antiquorum f. oyasetage Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 15 (1926).
Colocasia antiquorum var. patens Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1253 (1912).
Colocasia antiquorum var. rosea Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1253 (1912).
Colocasia antiquorum var. rupicola Haines Bot. Bihar Orissa 5: 867 (1924).
Colocasia antiquorum var. stolonifera Haines Bot. Bihar Orissa 5: 867 (1924).
Colocasia antiquorum var. typica Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 491 (1879), not validly publ.
Colocasia antiquorum f. yamamotoi Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 15 (1926).
Colocasia colocasia (L.) Huth Helios 11: 134 (1893), not validly publ.
Colocasia esculenta var. acris (R.Br.) A.F.Hill Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 117 (1939).
Colocasia esculenta var. aquatilis Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar.: 150 (1840).
Colocasia esculenta f. ebiimo Makino Pract. Hort. 16(10): 996 (1940).
Colocasia esculenta var. euchlora (K.Koch & Linden) A.F.Hill Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 117 (1939).
Colocasia esculenta var. globulifera (Engl. & K.Krause) R.A.Young Bull. U.S.D.A. (1895-1901) 1924: 1247 (1924).
Colocasia esculenta var. illustris (W.Bull) A.F.Hill Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 118 (1939).
Colocasia esculenta var. nymphaeifolia (Vent.) A.F.Hill Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 116 (1939).
Colocasia esculenta f. rotundifolia Makino Pract. Hort. 16(10): 996 (1940).
Colocasia esculenta var. rupicola (Haines) H.B.Naithani Fl. Pl. India: 454 (1990).
Colocasia esculenta var. stolonifera (Haines) H.B.Naithani Fl. Pl. India: 454 (1990).
Colocasia esculenta var. typica A.F.Hill Bot. Mus. Leafl. 7: 116 (1939), not validly publ.
Colocasia euchlora K.Koch & Linden Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 4 (1855).
Colocasia gracilis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 185 (1880).
Colocasia himalensis Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 407 (1840).
Colocasia konishii Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 134 (1919).
Colocasia neocaledonica Van Houtte Nursery Cat. (Louis van Houtte) 1885: ? (1885).
Colocasia nymphaeifolia (Vent.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 37 (1841).
Colocasia peltata (Lam.) Samp. Herb. Port.: 12 (1913).
Colocasia vera Hassk. Flora 25(2 Beibl. 1): 81 (1842).
Colocasia violacea (Desf.) Anon. Bot. Mag. 126: t. 7732 (1900).
Colocasia vulgaris Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 65 (1837).
Leucocasia esculenta (L.) Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 31: 127 (1952).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arum colocasia L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Arum esculentum L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Arum numphaeifolium Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
C. antiquorum Schott	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Collocalia esculenta Linnaeus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Colocasia anticorum	Trad. Med. of Bantu, Beni & Lubero (Kasika et al., 2014)
Colocasia antiquorum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Colocasia antiquorum Schott	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Colocasia antiquorum Schott f. purpurea Makino	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Colocasia esculcenta (Schott)	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang et al., 2005)
Colocasia esculenta	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in S Pacific (WHO, 1998) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) TK of Wild Edible Pl. with Med. Use, Myanmar (Shin et al., 2018) Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott.	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
Colocasia esculenta (Linn.) Schott	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Colocasia esculenta (Linn.) Schott.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Colocasia esculentum	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Colocasia esculentum (L.) Schott var. antiquorum (Schott) Hubbard & Rehd.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Colocasia esculentum SCHOTT.	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Colocasia esculentum Schott.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Colocasia formosana Hayata	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
Colocasia tonoimo Nakai	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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