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Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or tannia, is a tropical flowering plant from the family Araceae. It produces an edible, starchy corm. X. sagittifolium is native to tropical America where it has been first cultivated. Around the 19th century, the plant spread to Southeast Asia and Africa and has been cultivated there ever since. X.
The typical Xanthosoma plant has a growing cycle of 9 to 11 months, during which time it produces a large stem called a corm, this surrounded by smaller edible cormels about the size of potatoes. These cormels (like the corm) are rich in starch. Their taste has been described as earthy and nutty, and they are a common ingredient in soups and stews.
Cocoyams are herbaceous perennial plants belonging to the family Araceae and are grown primarily for their edible roots, although all parts of the plant are edible. Cocoyams that are cultivated as food crops belong to either the genus Colocasia or the genus Xanthosoma and are generally composed of a large spherical corm (swollen underground ...
Snake lily (Dracunculus vulgaris) in Crete Arrowleaf elephant ear (Xanthosoma sagittifolium), clearly showing the characteristic spadix and spathe. The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix.
Nuphar sagittaefolia (Walter) Pursh Search in The Plant List Nuphar sagittifolia , common name arrow-leaved water-lily or Cape Fear spatterdock , is a plant species known only from North Carolina , South Carolina , and Virginia .
Plicosepalus sagittifolius is a woody, photosynthesising, parasitic plant species that grows on the branches of mostly Acacia-species, by means of tapping roots.It has glaucus, leathery, entire, 1–6 cm long leaves set oppositely along the stem, with umbels of initially long up-curved pale greenish-yellow buds, that open explosively, the petals usually bright yellow, strongly curling, long ...
Elephant ear plant with yellow blossom Elephant ear plant with blossom. Colocasia is a genus [3] [4] of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southeastern Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions. [1] [5]
Leaf of S. urophyllum, Ontario, Canada. Symphyotrichum urophyllum is a perennial, herbaceous species between 40 and 120 centimeters (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 and 4 feet) tall. Plants are cespitose, with 1–5 erect stems emerging from the same point.