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...Or is it because, like the turbid and "incorrect" original: 邪, xié; meaning deviant or unhealthy sweetness of this plant, it is a flavor that is not "upright" original: 正, zhèng; referring to flavors that are pure, balanced, and conducive to health and therefore cannot satisfy the palate for long?

Taro

Vegetables, Volume 4

Taro original: 芋, yù; specifically Colocasia esculenta | Vegetables original: 蔬類, shūlèi

![Detailed botanical woodcut of a taro plant (Colocasia esculenta), depicting the underground corm with smaller tubers, long petioles supporting large peltate (heart-shaped) leaves, and a prominent flowering spathe and spadix in the center.]

The illustration above is a fine example of traditional East Asian botanical illustration, likely from a materia medica (bencao) or agricultural treatise. It demonstrates a high level of morphological accuracy intended for plant identification and medicinal use, showing the "mother" corm and the "children" tubers attached to it.