…Many species of plants in the Araceae family use underground or aboveground stems for food, and the most representative in Japan are taro and konjac. Of these, taro (old cocoyam) is native to mainland Southeast Asia and is now widely cultivated in Oceania and East Asia. Yautia (new cocoyam) is native to Central and South America, is more resistant to drought than taro, and is now more widely cultivated than taro in the Old World tropics. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "old cocoyam" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…サトイモ科の植物には地下あるいは地上性の茎を食用に利用している種が多く,日本での代表的なものはサトイモとコンニャクである。それらのうちサトイモ(taro∥old cocoyam)は東南アジア大陸部の原産で,現在はオセアニアや東アジアで広く栽培されている。ヤウテア(yautia∥new cocoyam)は中南米原産で,サトイモより乾燥に強く,現在では旧世界熱帯でサトイモ以上に広く栽培されている。… ※「old cocoyam」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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