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Re: [aroid-l] off topic: callaloo

From: MossyTrail at cs.com on 2003.08.02 at 00:59:42(10470)
piaba wrote:
>hello,
>
>would anyone know what plant is also referred as
>callaloo? ?found this leafy vegetable in chinatown
>that they said it's callaloo but it's not an aroid,
>more like a big leafy spinach.
>
The callaloo of Trinidad is the leaf of taro. As to whether the name is also applied to other vegetables, I do not know.
Jason Hernandez
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