Arrowleaf Elephant Ear plants, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Araceae, grown between rows of bananas. Banana plantation, Cano Blanco, Costa Rica. Xantho

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Arrowleaf Elephant Ear plants, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Araceae, grown between rows of bananas. Banana plantation, Cano Blanco, Costa Rica. Xanthosoma sagittifolium, the arrowleaf elephant ear or arrowleaf elephant's ear, is a species of tropical flowering plant in the genus Xanthosoma, which produces an edible, starchy corm. Cultivars with purple stems or leaves are also variously called blue taro, purple taro, purplestem tannia, and purple elephant's ear among others.

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Location: Cano Blanco, Costa Rica, Central America
Photo credit: © Florapix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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