{"id":12483,"date":"2017-07-10T12:54:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T10:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=12483"},"modified":"2017-07-10T13:11:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T11:11:18","slug":"tarua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=12483","title":{"rendered":"Tarua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many years ago, \u00a0I visited a Polynesian market in New Zealand and bought some tubers that were called Tarua in the South Pacific Islands&#8230;similar but different (and larger) to the more common Taro (<em>Colocasia esculenta<\/em>). For a plant that supposedly originated from tropical lowland Malaysia, Taro is a surprisingly cold hardy plant making a nice edimental house plant that can be outside in the summer even in my cool climate! I took a Tarua tuber home and grew it as a house plant for some years. It is probably <em>Xanthosoma sagittifolium<\/em>, also known as Elephant Ears, and closely related to Taro and similarly quite hardy! See the pictures below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For other posts about Taro, see the links below:<br \/>\nTaro: \u00a0An Excellent Edimental House Plant<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=5738\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=5738<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Lotus effect on Taro leaves:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=5732\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=5732<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=5732\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5<\/span> Edible Tubers of 16 species:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=3365\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=3365<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Nepalese Feast in Malvik (including the preparation of taro leaves Nepalese style!) \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=3365\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=6593<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12483 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=12486'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/P3220246-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12486\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12486'>\n\t\t\t\tWinter Tarua photo shoot\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=12487'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/P3220248-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=12484'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AU1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=12485'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AU305-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12485\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12485'>\n\t\t\t\tTarua and Taros in my 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