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Oct 23, 2011 1:49 PM CST
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The larger Colocasia esculenta (the species from the largest corms) sometimes brake off the mother corm which has sometimes rotted away. The smaller mother corms typically remain. All have lots of cormels which I've read are what is eaten as Taro.

This one is 6'+.
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Mother corm intact.
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