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

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

ENGLISH: elephant ear<br />

SPANISH: mafafa, oreja de elefante, quequeshte, quiscamote<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaf is e<strong>at</strong>en cooked. Large leaves are used as<br />

umbrellas.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics, perhaps Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Breedlove 1986, Niembro Rocas 1992, Plowman 1969<br />

Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott<br />

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

ENGLISH: American taro, arrowleaf, arrowleaf elephant ear, badoo,<br />

chou, coco, elephant ear, new cocoyam, tani, tania, tanier,<br />

tannia, tannier, tanyove, tarias, yautia<br />

PORTUGUESE: inhame, mangará, mangará-mirim, mangarito, racadera,<br />

taioba<br />

SPANISH: galanga, gualusa, gualuza, huitina, mafafa, malanga,<br />

malangay, ocumo, ocumo cumán, oreja de elefante, otó, otoy, papa<br />

china, papa japonesa, papa walusa, pituca, quequesque, rascadera,<br />

tiquisque, uncucha, waluza, yautía, yautía blanca, yautía brava,<br />

yautía de coco<br />

USES/NOTES: Starchy corms and young leaves (<strong>of</strong> some cultivars) are<br />

e<strong>at</strong>en cooked. Widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed throughout <strong>the</strong> Neotropics due in<br />

part to its high nutritional value and ability to be stored in<br />

<strong>the</strong> ground. Numerous varieties and o<strong>the</strong>r Xanthosoma species,<br />

along with its Old World rel<strong>at</strong>ives, Alocasia and Colocasia, are<br />

cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed for food and as <strong>the</strong> ornamental elephant ear. Diffused<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Old World in <strong>the</strong> mid 1800s. Among <strong>the</strong> most shade-tolerant<br />

<strong>of</strong> food plants. Pestiferous along Florida w<strong>at</strong>erways.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: West Indies, probably to nor<strong>the</strong>rn Colombia and<br />

Venezuela and <strong>the</strong> Caribbean coast <strong>of</strong> Central America, widely<br />

n<strong>at</strong>uralized<br />

REFERENCES: Cárdenas 1969, Guia Rural 1990, IBGE 1980, Kay 1973,<br />

Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), León 1987, OAS 1973, Omawale 1973, Mabberley<br />

1987, Martin and Ruberté 1979, Morton 1972, Naranjo 1991, NRC<br />

1975, OAS 1973, Padoch and de Jong 1991, Price 1990, Purseglove<br />

1972, Rehm and Espig 1991, Salick 1989, Sauer 1993, Towle 1961,<br />

Yamaguchi 1983<br />

Xanthosoma violaceum Schott [syn. X. nigrum (Vell.) Stellfeld]<br />

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

ENGLISH: blue tannia, blue taro, elephant ear, malanga, primrose<br />

malanga, violet-stemmed taro, yautia<br />

PORTUGUESE: mangará-mirim, mangarito, taiazes, taioba<br />

SPANISH: cerdo quelite, huitina, macal, malanga, papa china,<br />

pashnikak, paxni kak, puerco quelite, quequesque, tiquisque,<br />

totonaco, uncuchu, yautía guayamera, yautía morada<br />

USES/NOTES: Widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed for its edible tubers and as an<br />

ornamental elephant ear. Leaves and young shoots <strong>of</strong> some<br />

cultivars are also e<strong>at</strong>en.<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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