Cyrtosperma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus went through considerable taxonomic changes in the 1980s, and as a result...
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Cyrtosperma merkusii or giant swamp taro, is a crop grown throughout Oceania and into South and Southeast Asia. It is a riverine and "swamp crop" similar...
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Colocasia esculenta Alocasia macrorrhizos Amorphophallus paeoniifolius Cyrtosperma merkusii Ipomoea batatas Dioscorea alata was first described and published...
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taro varieties include giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos), swamp taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii), and arrowleaf elephant's ear (Xanthosoma sagittifolium). Carl...
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Alocasia macrorrhizos (giant taro) Arisaema Colocasia esculenta (taro) Cyrtosperma merkusii (giant swamp taro) Xanthosoma spp. (malanga, cocoyam, tannia...
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meats, supplemented by local foods: reef fish and shellfish, babai (Cyrtosperma merkusii), coconut, pigs, chickens, and seaweed (limu). Major exports...
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differences of Cyrtosperma americanum from other Cyrtosperma species. The decision was to create a genus named Anaphyllopsis and rename Cyrtosperma americanum...
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plants, whereas the five most cultivated crops but the traditional Babai, Cyrtosperma merkusii, are imported Chinese cabbage, pumpkin, tomato, watermelon and...
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and animals of Austronesia Alocasia macrorrhizos Colocasia esculenta Cyrtosperma merkusii Romand-Monnier, F. (2013). "Amorphophallus paeoniifolius". IUCN...
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family Araceae. It contains ten living genera: Anaphyllopsis, Anaphyllum, Cyrtosperma, Dracontioides, Dracontium, Lasia, Lasimorpha, Podolasia, Pycnospatha...
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others being Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, Colocasia esculenta, and Cyrtosperma merkusii, each with multiple cultivated varieties. Their leaves and stems...
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others being Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, Colocasia esculenta, and Cyrtosperma merkusii, each with multiple cultivated varieties. Their leaves and stems...
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found in the ocean and the lagoons of the atolls of Tuvalu. Pulaka, (cyrtosperma merkusii), or swamp taro, is an important source of carbohydrates. Rice...
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Amorphophallus paeoniifolius Ensete Ensete ventricosum Giant swamp taro Cyrtosperma merkusii Giant taro Alocasia macrorrhizos Ginger Zingiber officinale...
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edible corms. Taro may also refer to: Alocasia macrorrhizos, giant taro Cyrtosperma merkusii, swamp taro Xanthosoma sagittifolium, blue taro Taro (river)...
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Pulaka, Cyrtosperma merkusii, or swamp taro, is a crop grown mainly in Tuvalu and an important source of carbohydrates for the area's inhabitants. It...
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sea levels are resulting in saltwater intrusion to bwabwai or babai (Cyrtosperma merkusii or giant swamp taro) pits and coastal erosion. At Kiebu islet...
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Payaw may refer to: Cyrtosperma merkusii, a taro plant grown in the Philippines Homalomena philippinensis, an ornamental plant native to the Philippines...
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specimen was believed to have been a hybrid between Lasia spinosa and Cyrtosperma merkusii. The subsequent discovery by Hambali and Sizemore led to the...
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Bikati (2 by 0.5 km). Seepage of saltwater into the pits in which babai (Cyrtosperma merkusii or giant swamp taro) is grown is the major concern of islanders...
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Colocasia esculenta (taro) Cordyline fruticosa (ti) Curcuma longa (turmeric) Cyrtosperma merkusii (swamp taro) Dioscorea alata (ube, purple yam) Dioscorea bulbifera...
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most of the bananas sold in Kiribati. The cultivation of taro or babai (Cyrtosperma merkusii) has been historically easier in the northern Gilberts due to...
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Binomial name Lasimorpha senegalensis Schott Synonyms Cyrtosperma senegalense (Schott) Engl. Lasimorpha afzelii Schott Cyrtosperma afzelii (Schott) Engl....
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settlements of Tonga and Tokelau, the two main pits for swamp taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii), (known in Tuvalu as Pulaka), the mangrove forest surrounding...
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Palawan group of islands Palawan, common name in the Philippines of Cyrtosperma merkusii, the giant swamp taro All pages with titles containing Palawan...
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survey of the pits that have previously been used to grow Swamp taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii), (known in Tuvalu as Pulaka) established that the pits were...
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spruceanum Binomial name Dracontium spruceanum (Schott) G.H.Zhu 1996 Synonyms Cyrtosperma spruceanum (Schott) Engl. Dracontium carderi Hook.f. Dracontium costaricense...
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giant taro, elephant ear taro, Alocasia macrorrhiza *bulaka swamp taro, Cyrtosperma merkusii *kamwa kind of wild taro (?) *qupi greater yam, Dioscorea alata;...
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Agriculture in Tuvalu is based on coconut and swamp taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii), (known in Tuvalu as Pulaka), which is similar to taro (Colocasia esculenta)...
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similar to the genus Lasia and has floral features similar to the genus Cyrtosperma. It has leathery leaves that can vary from being hastate to sagittate...
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