Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott var. esculenta

vernacular coco yam — variety · Araceae

USDA: COESE
GBIF: 5330776 syn.
Rank: variety

coco yam (Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta) — Platephotograph · Kuan-Chieh (Chuck) HungCC BY-NC-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Group: Monocot
Family: Araceae Juss.
Genus: Colocasia

§2a

Native status, by region

HI Hawaii Introduced
L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
PR Puerto Rico Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 6 counties across 3 states/territories

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 6 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state