coco 
The Coco {Colocasia esculenta) as an article of food 
would not be popular in this country, but in the tropics 
it is grown as a field plant under the name of Coco, 
and the tuberous root is used as food, being used much 
in the same way as the Sweet Potato, boiled, roasted, 
or baked, and at times the leaves in a young state 
are used as a vegetable. This plant in this country 
is mostly known as Caladium esculenta, and is not 
hardy though it does well planted out in the summer. 
Very good tubers of this variety were sent a few 
years ago to the Royal Horticultural Society to show 
its value as a vegetable. 
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