What kind of plant is the root like taro?

Taro is one of the common ingredients in our daily life, and it is a kind of underground fleshy bulb. In nature, there are many plants with roots like taro, so let's find out what kind of plants they are.

1. Wild taro

The fruit of wild taro is similar to the taro we usually see, but it is a little bigger, so it is often used as taro for food. However, the whole body of this plant is toxic, especially the tuber is more toxic, often after people eat by mistake, there will be a series of reactions, resulting in physical discomfort.

two。 Alocasia macrorrhiza

Dishui Guanyin is also known as sea taro. It is very similar to taro. It is a very common plant with high ornamental value. It belongs to foliage plants and is often placed at home. However, its juice is toxic, so you must not touch it casually, let alone eat it.

3. Pleurotus ostreatus

Pleurotus ostreatus grows in paddy fields in the south, its roots are as long as taro, and its taste is as soft as taro. So that people who have not seen the mushroom will regard the mushroom as taro.

4. Scutellaria lanceolata

The tuber of Nelumbo nucifera is Obovate, ovoid or ovate-elliptic, varying in size, 2-4 cm in diameter, covered with dark brown scales, 7-8 annular nodes, and multiple fibrous roots around the neck.

5. Konjac

The underground tuber of konjac is oblate and large, which is quite similar to the long root of taro.

The roots of these plants are similar to taro, but some of them are poisonous and inedible, so we should pay attention to them.