Re: [aroid-l] edible corms

From: Lester Kallus lkallus at earthlink.net> on 2003.05.07 at 09:08:29(10199) Perhaps I missed something. I thought earlier that Amorphophallus was classified as having tubers rather than corms. (I know this has been discussed at length in the past but I don't recall the upshot.) Haven't people been calling the Amorphophallus "things" tubers rather than corms? Les +More -------Original Message------- Sent: 05/06/03 11:18 PM To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: [aroid-l] edible corms > > Absolutely! Amorphophallus konjac is an edible corm! Various Amorphophallus are consumed in Asia, not only the corms but also the very young petiole and leaf, before they open. You can make a high carb flour from A. konjac. That leads me to wonder, though, if you harvest the petiole and young leaf, will the corm send up a second leaf or is the growing point now gone and the corm will die in the ground? The web site I was on referred to people stir frying the Amorphophallus leaves, but didn't mention any details of the "farming" operation. -Ken Mosher Lester Kallus wrote: > > We all know onions so there's the great example of bulbs and we all know potatos so we know tubers. I grow Canna so understand rhizomes but have never thought of an edible example of thizomes. More importantly, though, is there an edible corm? > > Les Kallus >

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