South Kona farmer 71-year-old Clarence Medeiros Jr. has pulled up some large kalo before, but he and it turns out the rest of the world had never seen a taro corm that big until it came out of one of his parcels.
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Weighing in at almost 50 lbs, a taro grown on the Big Island has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the heaviest taro. Clarence Medeiros Jr. has been farming taro for over 50 years and he said it’s the largest taro he has ever seen. The taro weighs a record-breaking 49.97 pounds and […]