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COLOCASIA [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Root and Tuber Crops
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A tropical plant ... of the same family as the jack-in-the-pulpit, grown in the Pacific islands for its edible starchy roots.

OBS

One of two species of cocoyam, the other being new cocoyam (also called "yautia", "yautia malanga", "tania", "macabo"). The term "cocoyam", however, is sometimes also used as an abridged term to mean one of the two species.

OBS

Taro and dasheen are the commercial terms most widely used to describe the edible root of this tropical plant.

OBS

malanga: A common name for the genus Xanthosoma and Colocasia esculenta.

Key term(s)
  • cocoyam
  • coco-yam
  • colocasia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes sarclées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Plantes tropicales de la famille des aracées cultivées pour leurs tubercules alimentaires.

OBS

Le taro est un tubercule poussant dans la plupart des régions tropicales.

OBS

Les sous-espèces Colocasia antiquorum et Colocasia esculenta et le genre Xanthosoma (Schott.) sont souvent confondus par le nom vernaculaire «taro» commun à plusieurs espèces.

Key term(s)
  • colocasia

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de raíces y tubérculos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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