Araceae

Japanese: Araceae
Araceae

…On September 1st, two villages in Nakayama, Hino-cho, Gamo-gun, Shiga Prefecture hold a sweet potato competition in which they compete over the length of their sweet potatoes. [Hirofumi Tsuboi]
[Araceae]
It is one of the relatively large families of monocotyledonous plants, with over 110 genera and about 1,500 species distributed throughout the world, mainly in the humid tropics. All are perennial plants, and those with stems that stand on the ground or that climb trees are limited to the tropics, but those that run horizontally across the ground, those that go underground, and those that develop into corms (bulbs) are commonly found in temperate regions.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…滋賀県蒲生郡日野町中山では,9月1日に二つの村がサトイモの長さを競う芋くらべ祭がおこなわれている。【坪井 洋文】
【サトイモ科Araceae】
 単子葉植物の比較的大きな科の一つで,110属あまり,約1500種が湿潤な熱帯を中心に全世界に分布している。すべて多年草で,茎が地上に立つもの,あるいは木などによじ登るつる性のものは熱帯に限られるが,地表を横走するもの,地下にもぐるもの,さらに球茎(球根)になるものは温帯圏に多く見られる。…

※「Araceae」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。

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