Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

Lehman College Department of Biological Sciences
Phytochemistry Lab - Antioxidants from Tropical Fruits
Araceae
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
var. Eie eie nai oea
USA. New York
Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, Bronx, NY
10468
west side of greenhouse in sunken garden
Cultivated. 3' tall; lvs green, up to 2' 1 x 12"
w; dark purple petiole; spathe 30 cm, purple
around at base, yellow after spadix; spadix 8
cm, green at base becoming yellow. Clear,
mucilagenous liquid inside
Phytochemistry Lab Database ID: Al
K.A. Reynertson 82	8/24/2003
03699250