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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]
Colocasia is a genus [3] [4] of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.
Taro (/ ˈ t ɑːr oʊ, ˈ t ær-/; Colocasia esculenta) is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms , leaves, stems and petioles .
If you are going to do that, then the Eddoe page should really be removed entirely, and arguably the Taro page as well, because there is already a Colocasia esculenta page about the species. I think that would be a pity, and potentially there could be discussion of culinary uses on the Eddoe page.
Colocasia prunipes K.Koch & C.D.Bouché (1855) Leucocasia gigantea , also called the giant elephant ear or Indian taro , is a species of flowering plant . It is a 1.5–3 m (4 ft 11 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall aroid plant with a large, fibrous corm , producing at its apex a whorl of thick, green leaves. [ 2 ]
Malpighia emarginata is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae.. Common names include acerola (from Arabic: الزُّعرُورَة, romanized: az-zuʿrūra "azarole" for a similar looking old-world fruit [4]), Guarani cherry, Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry, [5] and wild crepe myrtle. [6]
Dracaena surculosa, called the gold dust dracaena and spotted dracaena, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to west and west-central tropical Africa, from Guinea to the Republic of the Congo. [2] [1] Its cultivar 'Florida Beauty' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [3]
Acacia acinacea is a bushy or straggling, open shrub that typically grows to a height of around 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in). Its phyllodes are asymmetric, narrowly oblong to lance-shaped or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 4–15 mm (0.16–0.59 in) long and 2 to 8 mm (0.079 to 0.315 in) wide.