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Wild, Wonderful Aroids Part Two - Elephant Ears, Alocasia, Colocasia and Xanthosoma
... Marge Talt Articles in this Topic Discussions in this Topic Part Two - Elephant Ears - Alocasia, Colocasia & Xanthosoma While caladiums are sometimes called 'elephant ears', to me the real elephant ears are the huge plants that belong to three genera: Alocasia, Colocasia and Xanthosoma. These are the plants that can (under ideal conditions) reach five to nine feet (1.52 - 2.74m) tall with ...
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E-mail Article: Wild, Wonderful Aroids Part Two - Elephant Ears, Alocasia, Colocasia and Xanthosoma
... I thought you might find this article interesting. Article URL: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/shade_gardening/95670 Title: Wild, Wonderful Aroids Part Two - Elephant Ears, Alocasia, Colocasia and Xanthosoma Description: While caladiums are sometimes called 'elephant ears', to me the real elephant ears are the huge plants that belong to three genera: Alocasia, Colocasia and Xanthosoma These ...
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Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida: Araceae: Xanthosoma
... become an editor | help the entire directory only in Araceae/Xanthosoma Top: Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida: Araceae: Xanthosoma (2) Xanthosoma sagittifolium Xanthosoma sp. - image "Xanthosoma" search on: All the Web - AltaVista - Deja - Google - HotBot - Lycos - Northern Light - Yahoo This category needs an editor Copyright 1998-2002 Netscape Terms of Use ...
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Angiosperm Families - Araceae Juss.
... , Scindapsus, Spathantheum, Spathicarpa, Spathiphyllum, Stenospermation, Steudnera, Stylochaeton, Symplocarpus, Synandrospadix, Syngonium, Taccarum, Theriophonum, Typhonium, Typhonodorum, Ulearum, Urospatha, Urospathella, Xanthosoma, Zamiculcas, Zantedeschia, Zomicarpa, Zomicarpella. Economic uses, etc. The family furnishes numerous horticultural ornamentals, especially for indoors, and a few are ...
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Aroid Forum - GardenWeb
... , posted on Thu, Oct 26, 06 at 11:42 Skin sensitivity to Alocasia odora Posted by: peatpod Z5b Ontario on Mon, Oct 23, 06 at 16:20 1 follow-up, posted on Mon, Oct 23, 06 at 20:42 Overwintering Xanthosoma and A. 'Hilo Beauty' Posted by: msbunny1 z7a TN on Mon, Sep 18, 06 at 14:29 4 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Oct 21, 06 at 20:10 overwintering elephant ear Posted by: patsgarden 6 on Sat, Oct ...
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Aroids UW Aberystwyth Botanic Gardens
... to Sri Lanka or India, whence it spread eastwards to Polynesia. Right: Alocasia x amazonica. Left: Xanthosoma violaceum is a South American crop aroid called cocoyam. It was cultivated by Amerindian people of the continent and Caribbean. During the slave-trading era, Xanthosoma was taken to Africa, and since the nineteenth century it has spread into the Pacific and Asia because of its ...
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Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary -- O
... rice beer. The grain may be converted to starch for breadstuffs and puddings. A poultice of rice make a good application for burns. Osi: Ananas (Cu) Otaheite gooseberry: Phyllanthus (E) Otera: Psidium (C) Oto: Xanthosoma (P) Otoba: Dialyanthera (C); Virola (C) Otobo: Virola (C) Oto de lagarto: Dieffenbachia (P) OURATEA sp.: Caidita (C) . The fruits are used for fish bait (!). Ovina: Coix (Cu) ...
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Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary -- X
... S T U V W X Y Z Xacot: Malpighia XANTHIUM CATHARTICUM H.B.K.: Casamarucha (C) XANTHOSOMA CARACU Koch & Bouche: Yautia (S); Yautia horqueta (S). Young leaves of this and other species are used as a potherb. Tubers of several other species are edible after processing. XANTHOSOMA VIOLACEUM Schott: Primrose malanga (E); Badu (P); Coco (P); Oto (P); Tarkwa (Cu); Montogoyo (Ch); Rascadera (C). ...
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Bribie Island Orchid News
... 2 I&F McLaren 3 I&F McLaren HYBRID Any other type V. unknown 1 N Jarvie 2 I&F McLaren FOLIAGE Xanthosoma 1 N Brown 2 N Brown 3 N Brown FERNS Adiantum 1 A Pecci 2 N Brown Popular Vote - Orchid Ctsm. Sanquanne M&V Anderson Popular Vote - Foliage Xanthosoma N Brown Judges Choice Paph. spicerianum R&M Mitchell TIME FOR A LAUGH.... Eve: Do you love me? Adam: Who else? Mary ...
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Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida: Araceae
... (1) Dracunculus (1) Epipremnum (1) Monstera (4) Philodendron (8) Pistia (3) Pothos (1) Rhaphidophora (1) Rhodospatha (1) Sauromatum (1) Spathicarpa (2) Spathiphyllum (4) Syngonium (2) Xanthosoma (2) Zamioculcas (2) Zantedeschia (2) The Araceae - rhizomatous or tuberous herbs comprising about... Araceum: Abrimaal's Aroid Pages - A virtual monography of species of the Araceae family. [English, ...
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