1, Lipu taro and ordinary taro is different, Lipu taro body shape oval, like the past women used to weave cloth spinning humour, weight from several one to two pounds, and even up to five or six pounds, taro skin rough brown, the skin of the section with the section of the distance between the shorter, and the ordinary taro head and tail small, more than a couple of two weight of the small taro, the skin black brown, taro meat is not at all betel pattern, there is no flavor.

2, taro is a perennial rooted herbaceous plant in the family of Tannenbaum, often cultivated as an annual crop. Taro was first produced in China, Malaysia and the Indian Peninsula and other hot and humid swampy areas, widely cultivated around the world. China's taro resources are extremely rich, mainly distributed in the Pearl River, Yangtze River and Huaihe River Basin. Taro is an important vegetable and food crops, nutritional and medicinal value, is suitable for young and old nutrients; and taro starch particles as small as potato starch 1/10, its digestibility up to 98% or more, especially for infants and patients to eat, and thus have the "Emperor's offerings" of the beauty of the name.