Taro, or kalo leaf detail

Backlit taro, kalo, dasheen, gabi, dalo, seppankizhangu, chembu, Arvee, kochu, or karkalo leaf detail (with visible vains) of a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food and secondarily as leaf vegetable. Symbol of staple foods in Oceanic and Pacific cultures, believed to be one of the earliest cultivated plants, also toxic in its raw form due to the presence of calcium oxalate.

Keywords:   taro kalo dasheen gabi dalo seppankizhangu chembu Arvee kochu karkalo leaf detail veins green earthy plant tropical vegetable staple food Oceania Pacific toxic raw Colocasia esculenta