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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

USES/NOTES: Tubers and leaves are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked, and tubers are used<br />

to make chicha, an alcoholic beverage.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America<br />

REFERENCES: Plowman 1969<br />

Xanthosoma mafaffa Schott<br />

FAMILY: Araceae (arum or aroid)<br />

PORTUGUESE: mangarases, rascadeira, taiás, taioba, tártago<br />

SPANISH: mafafa, oreja de elephante, yautía<br />

USES/NOTES: Corms and leaves are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Accorsi et al. n.d., Duke and Vásquez 1994, Plowman<br />

1969<br />

Xanthosoma poeppigii Schott [syn. X. maffafa var. poeppigii<br />

(Schott) Engl.]<br />

FAMILY: Araceae (arum or aroid)<br />

PORTUGUESE: taioba<br />

SPANISH: mafafa<br />

USES/NOTES: Cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed in nor<strong>the</strong>rn South America for its edible<br />

corms, which are pounded into a starchy meal called fufu.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Nor<strong>the</strong>rn South America<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Facciola 1990<br />

Xanthosoma riedelianum Schott [syn. Caladium stri<strong>at</strong>ipes (Kunth &<br />

C.D. Bouché) Schott and includes Xanthosoma stri<strong>at</strong>ipes (Kunth &<br />

C.D. Bouché) Madison]<br />

FAMILY: Araceae (arum or aroid)<br />

ENGLISH: malanga, yautia<br />

PORTUGUESE: banana-de-brejo, bananeira-do-brejo, cana-de-brejo,<br />

mangará-mirim, mangarito<br />

SPANISH: changuango de monte, malanga, yautía<br />

USES/NOTES: Cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed for its tubers and corms, which is e<strong>at</strong>en<br />

boiled or roasted in ash.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Brazil and sou<strong>the</strong>rn Venezuela<br />

REFERENCES: IBGE 1980, Gragson 1997, MBG n.d., Plowman 1969,<br />

Steyermark et al. 1995, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Xanthosoma robustum Schott<br />

FAMILY: Araceae (arum or aroid)<br />

ENGLISH: elephant ear, poor man’s umbrella<br />

SPANISH: capote, lum, marac, oreja de elefante, pixi, quequesque,<br />

quequexque, quiscamo, quiscamote<br />

USES/NOTES: Tubers are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked in Oaxaca, Mexico. Large leaves<br />

are used as umbrellas.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical Mexico to Costa Rica<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Brücher 1989, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Plowman<br />

1969, von Reis Altschul 1973<br />

Xanthosoma roseum Schott<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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