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Elephant Ear Leaves Are Edible: Cooking Colocasia for Traditional Dishes

Elephant ear (Colocasia esculenta) cultivated for millennia. Root pounded into poi; leaves wrap steamed foods. Sap contains calcium oxalate crystals causing sting/rash—cooking reduces irritation. Green-leaf form grown in South for centuries. Dig roots in October, store frost-free.

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