Re: [Aroid-l] Tubers bought in a market.

From: "Steve Ritchey" sritchey at shreve.net> on 2005.01.19 at 18:02:01(12596) Thanks Eduardo- I think the ones I get at the market are imported. They put them out in large rustic crates unlike the pine or oak crates made in the States. I'll have to look for labels or marks that show the country of origin when they arrive this spring. Does robustum or sagittifolium have any peculiarities that distinguish one from the other? I haven't been able to determine this from looking at photos on the web. A lot of variable plants are labelled sagittifolium and the three photos I can find labelled robustum aren't helpful. Regards, Steve +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 5:01 AM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Tubers bought in a market. Dear Steve, As far as I could see personally or on the web, only a few collectors in USA have real X. sagittifolium. Most material I could see from groceries are X. robustum, but I could also see X. mafaffa and a pure green form of X. atrovirens. Very best wishes, Eduardo. Dr. Eduardo G. Goncalves Universidade Catolica de Brasilia Curso de Ciencias Biologicas Sala M-206, QS 7, Lote 1, EPTC CEP 72030-170, Taguatinga - DF, BRAZIL. Reply-To: Discussion of aroids To: "Discussion of aroids" Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Tubers bought in a market. Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:07:33 -0600 RE: [Aroid-l] Tubers bought in a market.Hi Tom- Not sure what you mean- many of them sold in groceries here are certainly sagittifolium or robustum, but I don't know how to tell for sure which is which (Enlighten me, please!) On the topic of the original post I i.d. violaceum on the clusters and shapes of the tubers as well as the brown/purple color of the dormant buds and skins on the tubers-Some clones are obviously more beautiful than others - Anyway , they're one of God's few creations that like August in Texas as long as you keep them wet:-) Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas.Croat@mobot.org To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Cc: eduardog@ucb.br Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 1:23 PM Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] Tubers bought in a market. Steve: Are you sure that they are X. sagittifolium? According to Eduardo Gon?alves the species that they cultivate in Florida is X. robustum Schott. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Steve Ritchey [mailto:sritchey@shreve.net] Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:18 PM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Tubers bought in a market. Well, you're in the U.K. and I'm in Texas, but here, this would most likely be Xanthosoma violaceum- Supermarket chains send in crates of these and Colocasias around Easter even though the local produce people have no idea what they are or what to do with them- I don't think anyone here ever eats them, but gardeners buy them for foundation plants and treat them like a summer "bulb"- They store better than potatoes in our climate, but I can't eat them without a heavy dose of slow-cooked garlic, olive oil, salt, and Java pepper :-) Bon apetit!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Gordon" To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 1:21 PM Subject: [Aroid-l] Tubers bought in a market. > Ok, Ive 'gone in'. > > The inside of this tuber is a white flesh, with a purple marble type > pattern throughout it. The skin (which is brown, has an almost beetroot > colour right next to the flesh when scraped away. > Its very slimy! About as slimy as Okra inside! (Which are also going in > the curry!). > > Ive had a search throughout google, and 'Kand' as it was labled in the > market, seems to be a fairly non specific name for types of Yam and > Yam-like tubers. > > Could this be 'Purple Yam' - which ive seen on one or two recipes that use > 'Kand', in which case its a Dioscorea, not an Amorph. :-( > > Neil > > (Indigestion update to follow!) > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing 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 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger: instale gr?tis e converse com seus amigos. http://messenger.msn.com.br _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing 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

Note: this is a very old post, so no reply function is available.