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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.
Xanthosoma is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae.The genus is native to tropical America but widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical regions. [2]
Montrichardia arborescens, the yautia madera, or moco-moco, [4] is a tropical plant grows along river banks, swamps, or creeks to a maximum height of 9'. They consist of arrow shaped leaves that are food sources for animal species. [ 5 ]
In Puerto Rico [111] and Cuba, and the Dominican Republic it is sometimes called malanga or yautia. In some countries, such as Trinidad and Tobago , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , and Dominica , the leaves and stem of the dasheen , or taro, are most often cooked and pureed into a thick liquid called callaloo , which is served as a side dish ...
[2] [3] [4] Xanthosoma species may be referred to as tannia, yautia, new cocoyam or Chinese taro and originate from Central and South America. Index of plants with the same common name This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
The Taíno cultivated many types of tubers such as yuca, yautia, and batata. An important staple of Dominican cuisine adopted from the Taino people is casabe, made from cassava root and was important to the diet of the Taino. Casabe is served with soups and stews in the Dominican Republic.
Xanthosoma caracu (yautia horqueta) is a species of edible plant described by Karl Koch and Carl David Bouché. [1] It is native to South America and cultivated in Puerto Rico. [ 2 ]
The Predator, also known as Yautja (pronounced / j ɑː ˈ uː tʃ ə /, yah-OO-chə), [2] is the titular extraterrestrial species featured in the Predator and Alien vs. Predator science fiction franchises, characterized by its trophy hunting of other "challenging" species for sport.