colocasia kachchu elephant-ear and cocoyam leave use as beautiful background

colocasia genus araceae southeastern asia indian species elephant-ear cocoyam genera notably xanthosoma caladium derived greek kolokasion botanist dioscorides century inferred edible roots esculenta nelumbo nucifera eaten india pakistan root arbi cooking curry frying boiling mithalanchal bihar leaf airkanchan curried nin gujarat dish eastern arabi patta sahina community south africa patha manipur meitei ethnic cuisine locally utti pronounce ootti coco cococasia kachchu background flowering native regions large-leaved generic ancient leaves preparations patra leave use stck sto stoc snap beautiful