Arrowleaf Elephant's Ear

Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) H.W. Schott & Endl. Araceae. CN: [Malay - Keladi telur, Ubi Tawi (Kelantan); Indonesia - Talas belitung, Kimpul, Busil, Bote], Ape (Hawaii), Arrowleaf elephant ear, Blue tannia, Blue taro, Coco, Cocoyam, Eddo, Green arrow elephant ears, Japanese potatoes, Malanga, Malanga blanca, New cocoyam, Ocumo, Purplestem taro, Rosy malanga, Sato-Imo, Tania, Tannia, Yautia, Yautia amarilla, Yautia blanco. Native to the Caribbean, northern and western South America. Stem, shoot and tuber edible. Many varieties, some having blue tubers.Synonym(s):Alocasia talihan Elmer Ex Merr.Arum nigrum Vell.Arum sagittifolium L. (basionym)Arum xanthorrhizon Jacq.Caladium edule G. Mey.Caladium mafaffa Engl.Caladium sagittifolium (L.) Vent.Caladium utile Engl.Caladium xanthorrhizon (Jacq.) Willd.Philodendron nigrum KunthXanthosoma appendiculatum SchottXanthosoma atrovirens K. Koch and C. D. BouchXanthosoma atrovirens var. appendiculatum (Schott) Engl.Xanthosoma atrovirens var. hybridum K. KochXanthosoma atrovirens var. kochii Engl.Xanthosoma atrovirens var. moritzii Engl.Xanthosoma atrovirens var. panduriforme Engl.Xanthosoma atrovirens var. versicolor K. KochXanthosoma blandum SchottXanthosoma edule (G. Mey.) SchottXanthosoma ianthinum K. Koch and C. D. BouchXanthosoma jacquinii SchottXanthosoma mafaffa SchottXanthosoma mafaffa var. blandum (Schott) Engl.Xanthosoma mafaffa var. typicum Engl.Xanthosoma nigrum StellfeldXanthosoma peregrinum Griseb.Xanthosoma poeppigii var. mafaffa (Schott) J. F. Macbr.Xanthosoma roseum SchottXanthosoma utile K. Koch and C. D. BouchXanthosoma violaceum SchottXanthosoma xantharrhizon (Jacq.) K. KochRef and suggested reading:zipcodezoo.com/Plants/x/Xanthosoma_sagittifolium/www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Xanthosoma.html#sag...www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?42090www.plantamor.com/index.php?plant=1692www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/walter-w-skeat/pagan-races...<a href="http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0646e/T0646E0o.htm#Tannia, yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium)" rel="nofollow">www.fao.org/docrep/t0646e/T0646E0o.htm#Tannia,%20yautia%2...

Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) H.W. Schott & Endl. Araceae. CN: [Malay - Keladi telur, Ubi Tawi (Kelantan); Indonesia - Talas belitung, Kimpul, Busil, Bote], Ape (Hawaii), Arrowleaf elephant ear, Blue tannia, Blue taro, Coco, Cocoyam, Eddo, Green arrow elephant ears, Japanese potatoes, Malanga, Malanga blanca, New cocoyam, Ocumo, Purplestem taro, Rosy malanga, Sato-Imo, Tania, Tannia, Yautia, Yautia amarilla, Yautia blanco. Native to the Caribbean, northern and western South America. Stem, shoot and tuber edible. Many varieties, some having blue tubers.Synonym(s):Alocasia talihan Elmer Ex Merr.Arum nigrum Vell.Arum sagittifolium L. (basionym)Arum xanthorrhizon Jacq.Caladium edule G. Mey.Caladium mafaffa Engl.Caladium sagittifolium (L.) Vent.Caladium utile Engl.Caladium xanthorrhizon (Jacq.) Willd.Philodendron nigrum KunthXanthosoma appendiculatum SchottXanthosoma atrovirens K. Koch and C. D. BouchXanthosoma atrovirens var. appendiculatum (Schott) Engl.Xanthosoma atrovirens var. hybridum K. KochXanthosoma atrovirens var. kochii Engl.Xanthosoma atrovirens var. moritzii Engl.Xanthosoma atrovirens var. panduriforme Engl.Xanthosoma atrovirens var. versicolor K. KochXanthosoma blandum SchottXanthosoma edule (G. Mey.) SchottXanthosoma ianthinum K. Koch and C. D. BouchXanthosoma jacquinii SchottXanthosoma mafaffa SchottXanthosoma mafaffa var. blandum (Schott) Engl.Xanthosoma mafaffa var. typicum Engl.Xanthosoma nigrum StellfeldXanthosoma peregrinum Griseb.Xanthosoma poeppigii var. mafaffa (Schott) J. F. Macbr.Xanthosoma roseum SchottXanthosoma utile K. Koch and C. D. BouchXanthosoma violaceum SchottXanthosoma xantharrhizon (Jacq.) K. KochRef and suggested reading:zipcodezoo.com/Plants/x/Xanthosoma_sagittifolium/www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Xanthosoma.html#sag...www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?42090www.plantamor.com/index.php?plant=1692www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/walter-w-skeat/pagan-races...<a href="http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0646e/T0646E0o.htm#Tannia, yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium)" rel="nofollow">www.fao.org/docrep/t0646e/T0646E0o.htm#Tannia,%20yautia%2...

Native to the Caribbean, Central America and northern South America. Said to have edible tubers. Photo from the Calanoa Reserve, Colombian Amazon.

Monteverde, Costa Rica

A giant aroid with edible tubers, native from the Amazon northward through the Neotropics. Arrow-leaf Elephant Ear. Photo from Amazonian Colombia.

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