Colocasia - The names

 

Colocasia aethiopica (L.) Link -> Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott 

Alocasia dussii Dammer, Alocasia illustris W.Bull, Aron colocasium (L.) St.-Lag., Arum chinense L., Arum colocasia L., Arum esculentum L., Caladium colocasia (L.) W.Wight, Caladium esculentum (L.) Vent., Caladium violaceum Desf., Caladium violaceum Engl., Colocasia aegyptiaca Samp., Colocasia antiquorum Schott, Colocasia colocasia (L.) Huth, Colocasia formosana Hayata, Colocasia vera Hassk., Colocasia violacea (Desf.) Anon, Colocasia vulgaris Raf., Leucocasia esculenta (L.) Nakai  

 AFRIKAANS : Amadoembie, Madumbe.

ARABIC :  أبو دَرَقَة  abu daraqa, آذان الفيل  Adhan alfyl, 

قلقاس qulqas (qaliqas, colcas), قلقاس مأكول qaliqas makul, قلقاس زراعي qaliqas ziraeiun, 

ARMENIAN : feedback please.

ASSAMESE : বন কচু bon kachu, কচু kachu, পানী কচু pani kachu.

AZERBAIJANI : feedback please.

BELARUSIAN :  Tа́ра.    

BENGALI : বুনোকচু banakochu, জংলিকচু jongli kochu, কচু kochu. 

BULGARIAN : feedback please.

BURMESE :  ခုၣ် kheu (Karen).

CATALAN : Malanga, Papa xina, Pituca, Taro.

CHINESE : 芋 Yù, 芋頭 Yù tou, 芋艿 Yù nǎi, 野芋 Ye yu, 土卵 Tǔ luǎn.

CROATIAN : Jestiva ljuštarica, Kolokazija. 

CZECH : Kolokázie jedlá. 

DANISH : Taro.

DUTCH : Chinese tayer (Surinam).

ENGLISH : Chinese tayer (Surinam), Cocoyam (corm), Dasheen, Edo (Europe), Eddo (Antilles), Elephant's ear (leaves, plant), Green taro, Kala (Hawaii), Kalo (Hawaii), Taro, Taro potato (corm), Wetland taro, Wild taro, Yam tam (Philippines).

ESTONIAN : Harilik taro.

FINNISH : Taaro. 

FRENCH :  Arouille violette (îles Maurice & Réunion), Chou caraïbe, Chou chine (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique), Chou de Chine, Colocase, Colocase comestible, Colocasie, Dachine (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique), Madère (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique), Oreille d'éléphant, Songe (îles Maurice & Réunion), Taro (Maurice, Reunion, Tahiti).

GEORGIAN : ტარო მცენარე t’aro mtsenare, ტარო t’aro.

GERMAN : Kolokasie, Taro, Wasserbrotwurzel, Yamswurzel.

GREEK : Kολοκάσι kolokasi, Κολοκασία η εδώδιμος Kolokasía i edódimos.

GUJARATI :  અળવી alavi (aḷavī).

HAUSA : Gwaza.

HEBREW : טארו taru.

HINDI :  अरबी arabee (arbī), अरबी सब्जी arabee sabjee, अरुवी aruwi, बंडा banda, घूयां ghuyan, कचालू kachalu, कच्चू kachchu, काला कच्चू kala kachchu, केचुक kechuk, मानक कंचू manak kanchu, नालिका nalika, नालिता nalita, नाड़ी पत्र nari patra, नाड़ीच narich, पेचु pechu, वन कचू van kachu, विश्व रोचन vishva rochan, वितण्डा vitanda.

HUNGARIAN : Taró, Táró. 

ITALIAN : Taro.

JAPANESE : 里芋 sato imo, サトイモ sato imo, さといも sato imo.

KANNADA :  ಕೇಸವೆ kēsave, Kesavu taro, ಕೆಸು Kēsu, ಸಾವೀಗಡ್ಡೆ savigadde.

KHMER :  ត្រាវ trao. 

KONKANI :  वेंटी vēnṭī.

KOREAN : 타로 talo, 토란 toran.

LAOTIAN : ເຜືອກ pheuak (puak).

LATVIAN : Ēdamā kolokāzija, Kolokāzija, ziloņa ausis.

LITHUANIAN : Valgomoji kolokazija, Taras.

MALAGASY : Saonjo, Sahôgno. 

MALAY : Daun keladi, Keladi (Indonesia), Keladi Cina, Keladi talas, Seratah (Indonesia), Talas (Indonesia), Talas ubi, Tales (Bali, Java), Taro.

MALAGASY :  Saonjo, Sahôgno, Sunji.

MALAYALAM : ചേമ്പ് chemp (cēmpŭ), മാണം manam, താള് tal. 

MANIPURI : ꯌꯦꯟꯗꯦꯝ yendem.

MARATHI : अलें alem, आळू alu (āḷū).

NEPALESE : अरुवी aruvee, गावा gaawaa, कर्कलो karkalo, कुचुरो kuchuro, पिँडालु pindaalu, पिडालु piḍālu.

ORIYA : କଚୁ kachu, ପେଚୁ pechu, ସାରୁ saru (sāru).

PERSIAN : تارو Taro.

POLISH : Kolokazja jadalna, Taro.

PORTUGUESE : Cará (Brasil), Cíamo, Coco, Colocásia,Fava-do-egipto, Inhame (plant or corm), Inhame-coco (Açores), Inhame dos açores, Inhame selvagem (Brazil), Matabala, Minhoto (Açores), Taioba, Taioba-de-são-tomé, Taiova, Taro.

PUNJABI : ਅਰਵੀ arvi , ਗਾਗਲੀ gagli, ਗਵੀਆਂ gawian, ਕਚਾਲੂ kachalu, اروی Ạrwy̰.

RUSSIAN : Колока́зия дре́вняя Kolokáziya drévnyaya, Колоказия съедобная kolokaziya s’yedobnaya, Дашин dashin, эддо eddo, Коко-ямс Koko-yams,  Tapo taro.

SANSKRIT : Alookam, Aloopam (Alupam),  दलसारिणी dalasarini, कचु kachu, कच्वी kachvi, कालकचु kalakachu, केमुक Kemuka, Kecuka, Kevūka, Kacu, Kacvī, नाडीच nadicha, नाडिपत्त्र nadipattra, नालिता nalita, पेचु pechu, शकट shakata, त्रुटिबीज trutibija, वनकचु vanakachu, विश्वरोचन vishvarochana, वितण्डा vitanda.

SINDHI : کلادي چينا kaladi cheena, تارو taro.

SINHALESE : Gahala, කිරි අළ kiri aḷa, කිරිහබරල Kiri-habarala.

SERBIAN : Таро Taro.

SPANISH : Achín (Colombia), Akuumo (Venezuela), Alcolcaz, Bituca (Peru), Bore (Colombia), Chonque (Colombia), Dachín (Costa Rica), Guagüi (Cuba), Macal (Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras), Mairina (Peru), Malanga (Latino America, Spain), Malanga isleña (Cuba), Malangay, Michucsi (Peru), Ñame (Canary Islands, Colombia), Ñame isleño (rhizomes Cuba), Ñame isleño (Cuba), Ñamera (Canaries, Colombia), Ñampi (Costa Rica), Ocumo chino (Venezuela), Otoe (Panama), Papa balusa (Bolivia), Papa china (Colombia, Ecuador), Pituca (Peru), Quiscamote (Honduras)*, Taro (Chile, Easter Island), Tiquizque (Colombia), Unkucha (Peru), Yautía coco (Dom. Rep.). *Quiscamote in Honduras is also the name of Xanthosoma robustum.

SUNDANESE : Taleus.

SWAHILI : Jimbi, Magimbi (Tanzania), Mgimbi, Mjembe, Majimbi, Mjimbi, Myugwa, Nduma.

SWEDISH : Taro.

TAGALOG : Abalong, Gabi (plant), Taro (corm), Hupi, Lagbai, Lagbay.

TAMIL :  சேம்பு cēmpu (sempu), Cēmpai, சேப்பங் கிழங்கு Cēppaṅ kiḻaṅku, நீர்ச்சேம்பு nir-c-cempu, பேசுலம் peculam, Pantaki, Shamakkilangu-cempu (Ceylon).

TELUGU :   చామ cāma (chama), చేమ Cēma (chema). 

THAI : เผือก pèuuak (Phuak, Phueak), ใบบอน bai bon.

TURKISH : Gölevez, Kolokaz.

UKRAINIAN :, Колоказія їстівна Kolokaziya yistivna, Колоказія стародавня Kolokaziya starodavnya, Таро рослина  Taro roslyna.

URDU : اروي aruwi, گهويان ghuyan, کچالو kachalu, کچو kachchu, کيچك kechuk, نالکا nalika, نالتا nalita, پيچو pechu, ناڙيچ narich, وتنڐا vitanda.

VIETNAMESE : Khoai Sọ, Khoai môn, Khoai nước, Khoai ngứa, Khoai môn trắng.

VISAYAN : Abalong, Butig, Dagmay, Gaway, Kimpoy, Lagbay.

WOLOF : Diabéré (Senegal), Kudubadé (Senegal).

YORUBA : Kókò, Lámbó.

ZULU : Amadumbe, Idumbe.

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott ‘King Taro’

ENGLISH : King taro.

KOREAN : 왕토란 wangtolan.

This is a huge taro reported in Korean news. Its corm would be 5 times the size of the common taro. Little information is available apart from photos and descriptions in Korean. We assume it is a cultivar but this is not cofirmed.

Colocasia gigantea (Blume) Hook.f.   

Arisaema fouyou H.Lév., Caladium giganteum Blume, Colocasia prunipes K.Koch & C.D.Bouché, Leucocasia gigantea (Blume) Schott. 

JAPANESE : Hasu imo.

Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth -> Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don 

Colocasia virosa (Roxb.) Kunth  -> Steudnera virosa (Roxb.) Prain