Tropical vegetation !

From: "John Criswick" <criswick at spiceisle.com> on 2013.11.04 at 00:29:22(22924) Please see attached photo of a “wild” (i.e. not cultivated) Xanthosoma called locally “Toyo”. The stem or trunk is fed to pigs. The guy in the photo is 5 feet 9 inches tall. John. ------=_NextPart_001_012E_01CED8B1.DF40A5D0-- HTML +More ------=_NextPart_000_012D_01CED8B1.DF40A5D0

From: "D. Christopher Rogers" <branchiopod at gmail.com> on 2013.11.04 at 16:38:32(22927) Very nice plant!!! Where was this photo taken? Christopher HTML +More On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 6:29 PM, John Criswick wrote: Please see attached photo of a �wild� (i.e. not cultivated) Xanthosoma called locally �Toyo�. The stem or trunk is fed to pigs. The guy in the photo is 5 feet 9 inches tall. John. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -- D. Christopher Rogers ((,///////////=======

From: Eduardo Gomes Goncalves <edggon at gmail.com> on 2013.11.04 at 17:06:31(22929) Dear John, Locally where? Really looks like Xanthosoma mafaffa. Very best wishes, Eduardo. HTML +More On 03/11/2013, at 22:29, John Criswick wrote: Please see attached photo of a �wild� (i.e. not cultivated) Xanthosoma called locally �Toyo�. The stem or trunk is fed to pigs. The guy in the photo is 5 feet 9 inches tall. John. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --Apple-Mail-81--596817323-- --==============B07460028110857781==

From: "Tom Croat" <Thomas.Croat at mobot.org> on 2013.11.04 at 20:42:03(22931) Dear Eduardo: What is the natural range of X. maffafa and how does it differ from X. sagittifolium. Are both distributed widely and cultivated to the same extent? Tom HTML +More From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Eduardo Gomes Goncalves Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 11:07 AM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Tropical vegetation ! Dear John, Locally where? Really looks like Xanthosoma mafaffa. Very best wishes, Eduardo. On 03/11/2013, at 22:29, John Criswick wrote: Please see attached photo of a “wild” (i.e. not cultivated) Xanthosoma called locally “Toyo”. The stem or trunk is fed to pigs. The guy in the photo is 5 feet 9 inches tall. John. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l ------_=_NextPart_001_01CED99E.51527454-- --==============X01182948526345325==

From: "John Criswick" <criswick at spiceisle.com> on 2013.11.06 at 04:30:33(22932) On the island of Grenada, 12 degrees north. John. From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of D. Christopher Rogers Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 8:39 AM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Tropical vegetation ! Very nice plant!!! Where was this photo taken? Christopher HTML +More On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 6:29 PM, John Criswick wrote: Please see attached photo of a “wild” (i.e. not cultivated) Xanthosoma called locally “Toyo”. The stem or trunk is fed to pigs. The guy in the photo is 5 feet 9 inches tall. John. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -- D. Christopher Rogers ((,///////////=======

From: "John Criswick" <criswick at spiceisle.com> on 2013.11.06 at 04:28:56(22933) Dear Eduardo, How wonderful to be in touch with the great Eduardo Goncalves! Sou admirador do Brasil e su linguagem. E voce fala muito bem ingles tambem. Well the “tannia” as we call it is growing wild on the island of Grenada, 12 degrees north, about 100 Km from the Venezuelan coast. Tannia is the name applied to the cultivated cvs of Xanthosoma, of which the tubers are here cooked and eaten. However, this Xanthosoma in the photo is not cultivated, but grows either indigenously or as a naturalised sp. in the high rainfall, forested mountains of Grenada. It is locally called Toyo. As for the name X. mafaffa, I have seen this in Graf’s Exotica, and there is a similarity but I cannot say if they are the same. I note that the name “mafaffa” appears to be Mexican. Prompted by the late, and much lamented, Julius Boos of Trinidad and Florida, I preserved an inflorescence of “toyo” in alcohol and can send you photos if you are interested. Com saudacoes cordiais, Joao. HTML +More From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Eduardo Gomes Goncalves Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 9:07 AM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Tropical vegetation ! Dear John, Locally where? Really looks like Xanthosoma mafaffa. Very best wishes, Eduardo. On 03/11/2013, at 22:29, John Criswick wrote: Please see attached photo of a “wild” (i.e. not cultivated) Xanthosoma called locally “Toyo”. The stem or trunk is fed to pigs. The guy in the photo is 5 feet 9 inches tall. John. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l ------=_NextPart_000_0246_01CEDA65.A79D77B0-- --==============#30416280180126684==

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