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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thetribe Caladieae — manytropical American arums , several of which arestarchy food staples .
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Taro is sometimes confused with malanga, yautia, and cocoyam, tubers of a number of New World tropical species in the genus Xanthosoma, which are also arums protected by oxalate crystals.
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Taro is sometimes confused with malanga, yautia, and cocoyam, tubers of a number of New World tropical species in the genus Xanthosoma, which are also arums protected by oxalate crystals.
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Fig. 6.21: Cocoyam is of two varieties - the Xanthosoma or Macabo and the Colocasia or
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Depends on the need/situation but the optimum time is about 9 months for Colocasia (true gabi) and one year for Xanthosoma.
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The preparation of noodles, using mixes of flours of soya, wheat and high percentages of Xanthosoma flours, has been undertaken experimentally.
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The edible aroids (Colocasia, Xanthosoma, Alocasia and Cyrtosperma) are stated to contribute 1.6 per cent of the total food energy of the tropics and subtropics, or about 3.3 per cent of all root crops.
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Status and future of the major edible aroids, Colocasia, Xanthosoma, Alocasia, Cyrtosperma and Amorphophallus.
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Starch distribution in cocoyam (Xanthosoma spp.) corms and cormels.
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The leaves are heart-shaped, 20 - 50 cm long, with rounded basal lobes; the leaf stalk joins the blade some distance inward from the notch between the lobes (ie the leaf is peltate - a feature which distinguishes the plant from the rather similar Xanthosoma).
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Plant nutrient deficiencies and related tissue composition of tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).
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