Food Plants International

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Use: The corm is cooked and eaten.
The leaves are edible.
The young petioles or leaf stalks are eaten cooked.
Food Value: Per 100 g edible portion
Edible Moisture Energy Protein Calcium Iron proVit A proVit C Zinc
part % KJ g mg mg µg mg mg
Corm
Stalks
78.0 340 2.0 2.4 0 6 1.1
Insects:
Diseases:
Pests:
Importance: In Papua New Guinea this plant is only grown and used by people in a few
locations. It is more important in some other countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam and India.
Flower