Jenis ini tersebar luas di seluruh dunia yaitu di daerah tropis basah. Jenis Colocasia esculenta bisa dimakan daun dan batangnya. Dalam bahasa latin, esculenta artinya bisa dimakan. Namun harus hati-hati karena sedikit beracun sehingga harus dimasak terlebih dahulu.
Jenis-jenis Colocasia antara lain:
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Colocasia affinis jeningsii
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Colocasia antiquorum ‘Illustris’
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Colocasia antiquorum ‘Black Beauty’
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Colocasia bicolor
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Colocasia coryli
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Colocasia ‘Elepaio’
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Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’
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Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Marble’
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Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Ruffles’
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Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Runner’
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Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Velvet’
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Colocasia esculenta ‘Burgandy Stem’
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Colocasia esculenta ‘Chicago Harlequin’
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Colocasia esculenta fallax
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Colocasia esculenta ‘Minor Blue’
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Colocasia esculenta ‘Nancyana’ (‘ Nancy ‘s Revenge’)
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Colocasia esculenta ‘Red Stem’
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Colocasia esculenta ‘Ruffles’
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Colocasia esculenta ‘Violet Stem’
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Colocasia fontenesii
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Colocasia fontenesii ‘Black Stem’
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Colocasia gigantea
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Colocasia lihengiae
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Colocasia ‘Midnight’
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Colocasia ‘Milky Way’
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Colocasia macrorrhiza
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Colocasia marshallii
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Colocasia menglaensis
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Colocasia multiflora
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Colocasia oresbia A. Hay
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Colocasia ‘Pink China ‘
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Colocasia ‘Pink Princess’
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Colocasia ‘Royal Hilo ‘
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Colocasia ‘Tea Cup’
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Sumber : keladi.net