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The tuber (called nampi or malanga) is also used in the cuisine of these countries. The plant is often interplanted within reforestation areas to control weeds and provide shade during the early stages of growth. In Puerto Rican cuisine and Dominican cuisine, the plant and its corm are called yautía.
In Portuguese, it is known simply as taro, as well as inhame, inhame-coco, taioba, taiova, taioba-de-são-tomé or matabala; [13] [14] in Spanish, it is called malanga. [15] [16] In the Philippines, the whole plant is usually referred to as gabi, while the corm is called taro.
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.
Cocoyam is a common name for more than one tropical root crop and vegetable crop belonging to the Arum family (also known as Aroids [1] and by the family name Araceae) and may refer to: Taro (Colocasia esculenta) – old cocoyam; Malanga (Xanthosoma spp.) – new cocoyam
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]
An animal protein plus a tuber vegetable and generous leafy greens serve for a potassium-packed meal,” says Parris. She says a 3-ounce chicken breast has 300 mg of potassium. Beets
Along with improving your immune system and promoting collagen production, the vitamin C found in citrus fruits like limes "helps improve the absorption of plant-based (non-heme) iron," says Messer.
The tuber is produced in one growing season and used to perennate the plant and as a means of propagation. When fall comes, the above-ground structure of the plant dies, but the tubers survive underground over winter until spring, when they regenerate new shoots that use the stored food in the tuber to grow.