1、 Different plants

Water taro is a perennial aquatic plant. Its rhizome is thick and cylindrical, with a length of about 50 cm

The tuber of taro is oval in shape, with many small bulbs distributed, and the tuber is rich in a large amount of starch

2、 Different blades

The leaf length of water taro is about 6 to 14 cm, the width is roughly the same, and the petiole is cylindrical, with a length of about 12 to 24 cm

The leaf shape of taro is oval, with a length of about 20 to 50 cm. The petiole is longer than the leaf, about 20 to 90 cm

3、 Different flowers

The inflorescence stalk of water taro is 15 to 30 cm long and 0.8 to 1.2 cm thick. The inflorescence of meat spike is about 1.5 to 3 cm long. It blooms late, concentrated in summer and opens from June to July

The inflorescence stalk of taro is generally solitary, and the inflorescence of meat spike is about 10 cm long. The flowering period is early, starting from February to April