Alka ji, I think both these varieties are now *Colocasia esculenta* ... esculenta = edible! One of them - *Colocasia antiquorum* (larger, dark green leaves, with conspicuous veins), this one is considered to be synonym of *Colocasia esculenta* (smaller, bright green leaves).
As much as I know, the larger, dark green leaves are used for *aloo vadi* / patra ... the leaves need extra treatment during cooking to kill the acridity, else can lead to harming lips, tongue, mouth, throat.The smaller, bright green leaved plant (leaves and stem), is used for curry. Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 7:03 AM Alka Khare <alka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Dinesh ji > > In Marathi, we cook 2 types of अळू, one is भाजीचे अळू (to make curry) and > the other is वडीचे अळू (to make अळूवडी or पात्रा). > > Are both of these Colocasia esculenta and if yes, are they related to > these smaller and bigger variety? > > Thanks and regards > Alka Khare > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/b1cc2957-8b9d-4488-a71f-b89486955ace%40googlegroups.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC2FkCwkSz95DVGKdAs24okuvKKw2svLB1CdpE8Ck59Zpw%40mail.gmail.com.
