Alocasia macrorrhiza (English spelling) Alocasia macrorrhiza

Japanese: Alocasia macrorrhiza(英語表記)Alocasiamacrorrhiza
Alocasia macrorrhiza (English spelling) Alocasia macrorrhiza

… [Takabayashi Masatoshi]. …

From [Taro]

...The varieties of taro in temperate East Asia, including Japan, are triploid, and many of them are used for their young tubers, but from Southeast Asia to Polynesia, the main varieties are diploid and use the parent tubers (illustration). Some varieties have long stolons, small underground tubers, and are primarily used for their leaf stalks and blades as vegetables. Among the alocasia species, the giant taro, Alocasia macrorrhiza Schott, is cultivated as a staple food in Tonga and Samoa. This species was once widely eaten, but now escaped and wild plants are found widely from Southeast Asia to Polynesia. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Alocasia macrorrhiza" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…【高林 成年】。。…

【タロイモ】より

…日本を含めた東アジア温帯系のサトイモの品種群は三倍体で,子いもを利用するものが多いが,東南アジアからポリネシアにかけては,基本的に二倍体で親いも利用型の品種群(イラスト)が主体となっており,なかには長いストロンを伸ばし,地下のいもは小さく,地上部の葉柄や葉身を野菜として利用するのが主たる目的になっている品種もある。クワズイモ類では,インドクワズイモAlocasia macrorrhiza Schott(英名giant taro)がトンガやサモアで主食用に栽植される。この種はかつては広く食用にされていたが,現在は逃げ出して野生になったものが,東南アジアからポリネシアまで広く見られる。…

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