Re: [Aroid-l] Alocasia robusta & Colocasia gigantea

From: Peter Matthews pjm at gol.com> on 2005.05.24 at 02:54:26(12955) Title: Re: [Aroid-l] Alocasia robusta & Colocasia gigantea Thanks for asking... Colocasia esculenta (sat-imo in japanese) is the main species grown, usually for the corms, but some cultivars are also used as stem vegetables. Colocasia gigantea (hasu-imo in Japanese) is only grown as a stem vegetable, with an almost completely non-acrid petiole (can be peeled and then sliced thinly and eaten as a vinegared pickle). A single clump of C. gigantea here and there is common in home gardens, but there are also many commercial producers with entire fields of the plant, in warmer southern areas. Both species are summer crops here. Peter +More ********** Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com To: Discussion of aroids aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Alocasia robusta Colocasia gigantea Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 15:06:58 Dear Peter, I THINK the Colocasia being grown as a leaf-veggie in Japan may be Colocasia e. esculenta, NOT Colocasia gigantea, the latter may be a less cold hardy species! Please let us know. Thanks, Julius As an edible stem vegetable (cultivar only, not the wildtype) Colocasia gigantea grows as far north as about 35 degrees N. in Japan. Here it is a summer crop that can be left in the ground over winter, with mulch and soil to protect the apical tips from cold damage (can survive this way under snow). Under these conditions, it does not grow so high as in the tropics, but it can still be a pretty plant. Peter Matthews (Dr) National Museum of Ethnology Senri Expo Park, Suita City Osaka 565-8511, Japan Tel. +81 6 6876-2151 (museum) Tel. +81 6 6876-8357 (Peter's office)< Fax +81 6 6878-7503 (museum) Websites: The Research Cooperative http://www.researchco-op.co.nz A meeting place for research writers, editors, translators and proofreaders 2003 Conference on Research Writing in Japan: http://www.researchco-op.net/conference.html _______________________________________________ list >Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -- Peter Matthews (Dr) National Museum of Ethnology Senri Expo Park, Suita City Osaka 565-8511, Japan Tel. +81 6 6876-2151 (museum) Tel. +81 6 6876-8357 (Peter's office) Fax +81 6 6878-7503 (museum) Websites: The Research Cooperative http://www.researchco-op.co.nz A meeting place for research writers, editors, translators and proofreaders 2003 Conference on Research Writing in Japan: http://www.researchco-op.net/conference.html _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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