…Other species of Schismatoglottis spp. are edible because they are not very bitter, but they are not important. Xanthosoma spp. (English name yautia), native to Central and South America, is more drought resistant than taro, and there is a species, X. sagittifolia Schott, which is now widely cultivated in tropical regions, and is a more important tropical potato crop than taro. However, genealogically speaking, it is different from the taro associated with the root-cultivation culture of Southeast Asia, and should be distinguished from taro. However, in appearance, it is much more similar to taro than other taros, and is confused with taro in many ethnological survey reports. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Xanthosoma" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…そのほか,スキスマトグロッティス類Schismatoglottis spp.も,えぐみがあまりないため食用にされる種があるが,重要ではない。中南米原産のヤウテア類Xanthosoma spp.(英名yautia)は,サトイモよりも乾燥に強く,現在では熱帯域に広く栽培される種X.sagittifolia Schottがあり,サトイモ以上に重要な熱帯のいも作物となっているが,系譜的にいえば,東南アジア起源の根栽農耕文化に伴われるタロイモとは異なったもので,タロイモとは区別すべきものである。しかし外見的には,サトイモ以外の〈タロイモ〉よりはずっとサトイモに似ていて,多くの民族学的調査報告書ではサトイモに混同されている。… ※「Xanthosoma」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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