Is a perennial plant grown as a root vegetale  for its edible, starchy corm. The plant has rhizomes of different sizes The plant is 1 to 2 m tall, with leaves stalks produced at the top of the central corm ( underground stem). The leaves are large somewhat heart shaped and the roots are fibrous and shallow. Inflorescence is a spadix

The plant is used to treat liver related ailment. The extraction from Colocasiaesculenta,sas a natural source of bioactive proteins able to stimulate haemapoietic cells in two murine models. Crude taro extract, immunostumulatory protein, Lectin, spleen and bone mallow

Edible tubers, and  young leaves and stalks are used as vegetable