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Each value Trefle shows for Colocasia esculenta, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced10 Source not recorded7 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data, POWO / WCVP (Kew)

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Schott	(L.) Schott · POWO / WCVP (Kew) · Reported · 2026-10-11	Sourced
Bibliography	H. Schott & S. L. Endlicher, Melet. bot. 18. 1832	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1832	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Coco-yam	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	India to S. China and Sumatera	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	131 cm	131 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 26 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 460, 699, 882	Sourced
Biological type	empty	geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Edible part	tubers	tubers · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Flower color	white, orange, yellow	orange, white, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	berry	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	spike · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	empty	No source recorded 1 earlier or rejected value Rejected 125 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 460, 699, 882 below the average height (131 cm) of the same record	Not on the record
Vegetable	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 460, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 67, 444, 445	Sourced

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Coco-yam

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