Yautia :
yautia
Synonyms :
Tannia, Malanga
English Meaning :
(Noun : Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes)
(Noun : Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes)
Example : Species grown mainly for their tubers are: Xanthosoma sagittifolium (yellow yautia ), whose small cormels around the central corm are called ‘nut eddos’ in the W. Indies; and X. violaceum (primrose malanga).
Species grown mainly for their tubers are: Xanthosoma sagittifolium (yellow yautia ), whose small cormels around the central corm are called ‘nut eddos’ in the W. Indies; and X. violaceum (primrose malanga).
