| 1. | Do the same with colocasias ( taro or elephant's ear ).
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| 2. | _Colocasia esculenta ( green taro ).
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| 3. | In Cyprus, Colocasia has been in use since the time of the Roman Empire.
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| 4. | Like colocasias, they have seemed like too much of a good thing for many gardeners.
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| 5. | No . 1 plant : Black elephant's-ear, Colocasia ` Black Magic'
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| 6. | Taro ( Colocasia spp . ) is a tender perennial with tropical foliage shaped like elephant ears.
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| 7. | Another hot perennial is a black-purple elephant's-ear, Colocasia ` Black Magic '.
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| 8. | Patrode, a special dish prepared by steaming stuffed colocasia leaves, is a delicacy not to be missed.
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| 9. | Black Magic is also known as Colocasia esculenta, according to the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center in New York.
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| 10. | Farmers grow these crops on the hillsides and use the valleys to plant cocoyams, colocasia, and raffia palms.
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