Taro, Colocasia esculenta, is a perennial tropical plant of the Arum family, Araceae. Its large, starchy, tuberous roots are a staple food in Polynesia and East Asia. Roots from the wetland taro are heated to destroy their bitter taste, then ground and fermented into an edible paste called poi, an important food on many Polynesian islands. The upland (dry taro), or dasheen, produce corms that are eaten like potatoes in Japan, China, and the west Indies. The dasheen is sometimes grown as an ornamental houseplant called "elephant's ear" because of its large, heart-shaped leaves.
Taro, a tropical perennial herb, bears large, arrow head shaped leaves. It is cultivated in Asia and the Pacific Island for its starchy, tuberous root, which is a staple food in many cultures. Some of Taro also can use as herbs medicine, .like rodent taro that can use for cancer medicine, this plant only available in Indonesia.