According to National Geographic, taro leaves and roots are poisonous when eaten raw because they contain calcium oxalate.
Once one of the world’s most cultivated root crops, taro has been succumbing to taro leaf blight, a disease caused by water mold. Many of Hawaii’s traditional varieties are particularly ...
Japanese leaf-cutting artist, who goes by the name Lito, outlines on the leaf with a pen for his work in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) A frog holding a taro-leaf umbrella.
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