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Many of the arrowroots and root vegetables used in Puerto Rican cuisine, collectively known as viandas, have their roots in the diets of the indigenous Taíno people. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] These include cassava ( Spanish : y uca ) and three kinds of tannier ( Spanish : yautía) [ 14 ] which are staples in traditional Puerto Rican dishes. [ 15 ]
The plant is also called apio or apio criollo ("Creole celery") in Venezuela, apio in Puerto Rico, zanahoria blanca ("white carrot") in Ecuador, and virraca in Peru. Its Portuguese names are usually derived from the plant's similarity to other well known vegetables and roots .
The root, in its boiled and peeled form, is present in the typical Puerto Rican stew, the sancocho, together with plantains, potatoes, yautía, among other vegetables (it can also be eaten singly as an alternative to boiled potatoes or plantains
Mofongo evolved from three cultural influences: Spanish, Taino, and African within the Puerto Rican populace. Mofongo is different from fufu but uses the same African method with vegetables available in the Caribbean. Plantains are most often used, but other starchy roots native to the island used by Taínos can also be used.
Pedro Acevedo Rodríguez and Franklin S. Axelrod (1999). "Annotated Checklist for the Tracheophytes of Río Abajo Forest Reserve, Puerto Rico". Caribbean Journal of Science. 35 (3–4): 262–285. Three endemic Puerto Rican ferns
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The black Caribbean rice influence is in the use of local foods such as tropical fruits, root vegetables, fish, etc. A small but noteworthy Chinese influence is the daily use of steamed white rice as the main carbohydrate in a traditional Cuban meal. Rice is essential to a Cuban meal. It is usually eaten during lunch and dinner almost every day ...
Root Rot Disease is the most important disease in Tannia. The oomycete Pythium myriotylum is probably the main causal agent of the Root Rot Disease. Other organisms that could be involved are Phytopthora ssp., Fusarium ssp., Penicillium ssp., Botrydioplodia ssp., Erwinia ssp. and Pseudomonas ssp. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Symptoms are stunted growth ...