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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 .
eastern baccharis; groundsel bush; silverling Asteraceae (sunflower family) Brachylaena: Brachylaena huillensis: muhuhu Asteraceae (sunflower family) Lepidaploa: Lepidaploa polypleura: Asteraceae (sunflower family) Montanoa: Montanoa hexagona: Asteraceae (sunflower family) Montanoa revealii: Asteraceae (sunflower family) Telanthophora:
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.
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.
Supposedly, the plant described as Solanum capsicastrum and called false Jerusalem cherry is a closely related but distinct species, and the trade name "winter cherry" is also held to apply to this exclusively. It is said to be recognizable by more mediocre size, and/or a greyish hue to the foliage and/or stems, and/or fruit that have a ...
Aucuba japonica, commonly called spotted laurel, [2] [3] Japanese laurel, [2] Japanese aucuba [2] or gold dust plant (U.S.), is a shrub (1–5 m, 3.3–16.4 ft) native to rich forest soils of moist valleys, thickets, by streams and near shaded moist rocks in China, Korea, and Japan. [1]