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Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, the elephant foot yam [4] or whitespot giant arum, [5] [6] is a tropical plant native to Island Southeast Asia. It is cultivated for its edible tubers in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Madagascar, New Guinea, and the Pacific islands.
Amorphophallus (from Ancient Greek amorphos, "without form, misshapen" + phallos, "penis", referring to the shape of the prominent spadix) is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the Arum family , native to Asia, Africa, Australia and various oceanic islands.
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, also known as "elephant foot yam" Beaucarnea recurvata (also called ponytail palm), in the family Asparagaceae; native to eastern Mexico; Dioscorea elephantipes, (also called Hottentot bread; syn. Testudinaria elephantipes), in the family Dioscoreaceae, native to South Africa
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius: কাঠ আলু (Kāth Ālu) খাম আলু (Khām Ālu) સૂરણ (Sūraṇ) ಸುವರ್ಣ ಗಡ್ಡೆ (Suvarṇa Gaḍḍe) ചേന (Chena) सुरण (Suraṇ) ଦେଶୀୟା ଆଳୁ/ମାଟିଆ ଆଳୁ (Desiā Āḷu/Matiā Āḷu) ਜਿਮੀਕੰਦ (Jimikand) රාජ ...
The elephant foot yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) is used as food in Island Southeast Asia, Mainland Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Its origin and center of domestication was formerly considered to be India , where it is most widely utilized as a food resource in recent times.
Amorphophallus konjac, also known as konnyaku, [2] [a] and konjac, [b] is a plant species native to Yunnan in southwestern China, which has an edible corm. It is sometimes referred to as devil's tongue , [ 2 ] voodoo lily , snake palm , or elephant yam .
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius: Araceae (arum family) elephant foot yam, whitespot giant arum Tipolo (Tahitian loan word) Citrus medica: Rutaceae (Citrus family) Citron, lemon Togo, Togotogo: Centella asiatica: Apiaceae (Carrot family) Asiatic pennywort Tolo: Saccharum officinarum: Poaceae (Grass family) Sugarcane U'a: Broussonetia papyrifera ...
Some examples of thermogenic aroids are Symplocarpus foetidus (eastern skunk-cabbage), Amorphophallus titanum (titan arum), Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (elephant-foot yam), Helicodiceros muscivorus (dead-horse arum lily), and Sauromatum venosum (voodoo lily). Some species, such as A. titanum and H.