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The leaves of the taro plant are used to make the Trinidadian variant of the Caribbean dish known as callaloo (which is made with okra, dasheen/taro leaves, coconut milk or creme and aromatic herbs) and it is also prepared similarly to steamed spinach. The root of the taro plant is often served boiled, accompanied by stewed fish or meat ...
Taro: Colocasia esculenta: Koldil, Kolful Banana flower: Kaskol, Purakol Curry banana: Musa splendida: Posola Banana Stem: Kothalor Musi, Musi Kothal Jackfruit (Young), Unripe Jackfruit Artocarpus heterophyllus: Potol Pointed gourd: Trichosanthes dioica: Bhul Sponge gourd or Luffa: Luffa aegyptiaca: Zika, Jika Ridge gourd or Ridged Luffa: Luffa ...
Colocasia species may also be referred to as taro, old cocoyam, arrowroot, eddoe, macabo, kontomire or dasheen and originate from the region of Southeast Asia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Xanthosoma species may be referred to as tannia, yautia, new cocoyam or Chinese taro and originate from Central and South America.
The names elephant-ear and cocoyam are also used for some other large-leaved genera in the Araceae, notably Xanthosoma and Caladium. The generic name is derived from the ancient Greek word kolokasion, which in the Koine Greek of the 1st century botanist Pedanius Dioscorides may have meant the edible roots of both taro (C. esculenta) and Nelumbo ...
In Polynesia, Alocasia macrorrhizos (‘ape) was considered a famine food, used only in the event of failure of the much preferred taro (kalo) crop. [14] After having been introduced to Hawaii in the 1920s from South America, Xanthosoma has naturalized and has become more common than A. macrorrhizos , and has been given the same name, ʻape .
X. sagittifolium is often confused with the related plant Colocasia esculenta , which looks very similar and is also used in a similar way. Both plants are often collectively named Cocoyam. [4] Common names for X. sagittifolium include tannia, new cocoyam, arrowleaf elephant's ear, American taro, yautía, malanga, [5] [6] and uncucha. [7]
Eddoe or eddo (Colocasia antiquorum) is a species in genus Colocasia, [2] a tropical vegetable, closely related to taro (dasheen, Colocasia esculenta), which is primarily used for its thickened stems . [3] [4] In most cultivars there is an acrid taste that requires careful cooking. [3]
Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers (some other species in the genus being toxic). Yams are perennial herbaceous vines native to Africa, Asia, and the Americas and cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in many temperate and tropical regions.