Schismatoglottis

Japanese: Schismatoglottis
Schismatoglottis

Cyrtosperma spp. (swamp taro) is also eaten in parts of Micronesia and Melanesia, and is cultivated in swamps as its English name suggests. In addition, some species of Schismatoglottis spp. are also eaten because they are not very bitter, but they are not important. Xanthosoma spp. (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, but genealogically speaking, it is different from the taro associated with the root-crop farming culture originating in Southeast Asia, and should be distinguished from taro. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…キルトスペルマ類Cyrtosperma spp.(英名swamp taro)も,ミクロネシアやメラネシアの一部で食用にされ,英名のように湿地で栽培されている。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。…

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