Re: [aroid-l] tubers vs. bulbs vs. corms

From: Jonathan Ertelt jonathan.ertelt at vanderbilt.edu> on 2003.05.07 at 14:55:38(10203) >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, Though often mis-labeled, the ginger "root," (even Jeopardy got his wrong with a final Jeopardy question about root crops a couple of years back, to which the correct response for their answer was "What is ginger?") is probably the most commonly consumed edible rhizome. I suspect that Arrowroot is also a rhizome product (I'm blanking on the name I'm looking for here, though I think it is most commonly used more as a thickening agent than as a dish or a flavoring. Jonathan +More Jonathan Ertelt, Greenhouse Manager Department of Biological Sciences Vanderbilt University Box 35-1634, Sta. B Nashville, TN 37235 USA (615) 322-4054 jonathan.ertelt@vanderbilt.edu

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