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BULLETIN 6 0, HAWAII EXPERIMENT STATION 
To prepare for the table. — Wash each leaf and petiole and cut them 
in 3-inch lengths. Prepare as directed for Chinese spinach! Use 
very little water so as not to spoil the flavor. 
Taro Shoots (Colovasia esculenta). (Fig. 23) 
Chinese name: Woo-sun 
Japanese name: Imo-no-me 
Size: Eight to eighteen inches long ; three-fourths to 1 inch in diameter. 
Shape: Semierect or curved. 
Color: White or white with purple tinge. 
Figure 23. — Taro shoots 
The taro plant, also known as asparagus taro-top (7, p. 455), is 
indigenous to Asia and Polynesia. Within recent years the culture 
of taro or dasheen for the production of shoots has been placed on a 
commercial basis (15). The demand for this vegetable in Hawaii 
will probably increase as it becomes better known. 
