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Colocasia esculenta

vr.tr.colocasia-esculenta · thing-q227997

Let an agent describe taro as a crop and food, its cultivation and food safety, and point to botanical and agricultural sources.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.LIV
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Taxon Which plant.

Species

Name and authority.

Taxon

Name and source.

  1. Which name and authority are accepted? provenance
  2. By which database? provenance

Cultivar

Type.

Cultivar

Name and type.

  1. Which cultivar or type is it? provenance
  2. Dasheen or eddoe? boundary
Cultivation Growing.

Conditions

Wet or upland.

Conditions

Water and climate.

  1. Is it grown flooded or upland? definition
  2. Which climate? provenance

Diseases

Leaf blight and others.

Disease

Name and control.

  1. Which diseases affect it? provenance
  2. Which controls are used? provenance
Food Preparation and nutrition.

Preparation

Cooking.

Preparation

Preparation that removes acridity: thorough cooking, discarding cooking water, per food safety sources; leaves and petioles also need cooking.

  1. How must it be prepared to be safe? provenance
  2. Which parts are eaten? definition

Nutrition

Composition.

Nutrition data

Values and source.

  1. What is its nutrient content? measurement
  2. From which database? provenance
Ecology Range and invasiveness.

Range

Native and introduced.

Range

Areas.

  1. Where is it native and introduced? provenance
  2. Since when? provenance

Invasiveness

Status.

Invasive status

Region and listing.

  1. Is it listed as invasive here? provenance
  2. By which authority? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.LIV
Other names and narrower kinds
Ajima imo

What it is Filled

Taro, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, a herbaceous perennial of the arum family (Araceae) grown for its starchy corms and cormels (modified stems) and edible leaves and leaf stalks; raw parts are acrid because of calcium oxalate and need appropriate preparation and thorough cooking.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent describe taro as a crop and food, its cultivation and food safety, and point to botanical and agricultural sources.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Leaves are peltate: the stalk joins the leaf blade away from the edge, unlike many Xanthosoma (tannia).
  • Raw corms and leaves irritate the mouth because of calcium oxalate.
  • Grown in flooded (paddy) or upland conditions.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • advise eating raw taro

May

  • describe the plant, cultivation and safe preparation

Moral aspects Filled

  • food security
  • invasive species

Who is affected

  • farmers
  • consumers

Owners Filled

Steward

nobody; a plant species

Master systems

  • GBIF
  • Plants of the World Online

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11992872 - registry parent class
  • Q138848994 - registry parent class

related

  • Colocasia - genus
  • Xanthosoma - tannia, related aroid
  • root vegetable - food
  • taro leaf blight - disease

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.colocasia-esculenta
  • Wikidata: Q227997 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227997)
  • NCBI Taxonomy: 4460 Colocasia esculenta

Direct properties required Filled

  • plant height: about 1-2 m
  • leaf length: up to about 60 cm

Recognition required Filled

  • Large peltate, heart-shaped leaves
  • Brown, hairy corms with white to purple flesh
  • A herbaceous plant with large heart-shaped leaves on long stalks and underground corms.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • describe the plant and cultivars
  • explain safe preparation in general terms
  • describe cultivation and diseases
  • give nutrition data from databases

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Mouth and throat irritation from raw taro
  • Taro leaf blight (Phytophthora colocasiae)
  • Invasiveness in some wetlands

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Plant health rules on imports of taro corms, by jurisdiction
  • Food safety guidance on preparation of taro

Context of use required Filled

  • A staple root crop in the tropics and Pacific; leaves and stems are also eaten.
  • dasheen types (large central corm)
  • eddoe types (many small cormels)
  • Japanese taro (satoimo), with many cultivars

Sources Filled

  1. Q227997 - identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks
  2. Taro - general description of the subject
  3. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott - Accepted name, authority, family, perennial habit, morphology, range and edible petioles.
  4. Taxonomy Browser: Colocasia esculenta - Taxonomy identifier 4460, botanical authority and family.
  5. Taro: Postharvest Quality-Maintenance Guidelines - Starchy corms, edible leaves and petioles, acridity and preparation requirements.
  6. Pacific Food Guide: Taro - Raw-taro hazards and possible persistence of acridity after cooking.
  7. Taro, Satoimo, corm, raw - Satoimo as a food/common name for Colocasia esculenta, rather than one cultivar.
  8. Colocasia esculenta - Wild taro - Peltate leaves, approximate dimensions, corms, vegetative spread and wetland invasiveness.

Open questions

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Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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