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