Herbaceous perennial ; up to to 2 m tall , arising from multiple underground pale brown tubers with pink , yellow or white flesh . Stems short , thick , globose to cylindrical . Leaves huge , up to 90 cm long and 60 cm wide , dark green or purplish , sagittate , arrow shaped , wavy margins ; petiole to 1 . 5 m long , attached at the base of the leaf . Inflorescences in a spadix . Flowers greenish-white , boat-shaped spathe enclosing a white spadix . (Ref . https://en . wikipedia . org) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Arum sagittifolium L.
Caladium sagittifolium (L.) Vent.
Xanthosoma xantharrhizon (Jacq.) K.Koch
No Data
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Cocoyam
Cocoyams
New Cocoyam
Tannia Cocoyam
Blue Guinea
Tannia
Yautia
Arrowleaf Elephant Ear
Malanga
American Taro
Not used traditionally.
POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org https://en.wikipedia.org https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088.
