Taro is not taro, taro is a nickname for potato.

Taro is a perennial rooted herb in the family of Amanita phalloides, 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.

Potato (taro)

Potato (scientific name: Solanum tuberosum? L.), belonging to the Solanaceae family, perennial herbaceous plants, tubers are edible, is the world's fourth most important food crops, second only to wheat, rice and corn. Potatoes are also known as yams, taro, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams, yams and yams.

In some southern provinces, it is also called "winter potato", because it is often planted in winter after the fall rice harvest. Potato in different countries, the name of the title is not the same, such as the United States called Irish potatoes, Russia called Dutch potatoes, France called ground apple, Germany called ground pear, Italy called ground beans, Peru called Baba. With wheat, rice, corn, sorghum and known as the world's five crops.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Potato