Answer: <em><u>Colocasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southeastern Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.</u></em>
Colocasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southeastern Asia and the Indian subcontinent. ... The names elephant-ear and cocoyam are also used for some other large-leaved genera in the Araceae, notably Xanthosoma and Caladium.