Forwarding for ID Distributed as Xanthosoma sagittifolium ? <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/ar/araceae/xanthosoma/xanthosoma-sagittifolium-1> Group discussion at Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Araceae- Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott (??)from Assam KD AUG 08 (google.com) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/FrcqDVNQ95o>
On Friday, September 5, 2014 at 7:32:11 AM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > Good morning Pudji Ji and very Happy Teachers' Day > > *Alocasia* is edible, though not all the species or all var., and not > throughout anytime of the year. Usually the stocks and/or leaves with > petioles are collected after the monsoon and are sold in the market. Some > people do not eat it while it is favourite to other people. Since leaves > are collected from time to time the wild *Alocasia* plant do not get much > time to grow uninterrupted. My colleagues who eat *Alocasia* inform me > that the stocks do grow 5-6 ft above the ground when they are cultivated in > certain region and left in the field for more than a year. In all cases > leaves of these plant are shiny/polished. Non-peltate leaves with > polished/shiny upper-surface tell me that those are *Alocasia*, neither > *Colocasia* nor *Xanthosoma*. > > Karuna Ji's plant may be *Xanthosoma* as you have suggested, but I do not > know, for I do not have any literature and *Xanthosoma* is new to me as I > have written that in another thread - > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/sHHRMo8ZpaM. > > Let's move to the other thread > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/sHHRMo8ZpaM to > avoid any confusion. > > Thank you very much > > Regards > > > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 6:14 AM, Pudji Widodo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The leaves of both Xanthosoma & Colocasia are also peltate if they are >> looked based on the the position of the petiole. But from above it can be >> sagittate, ovate etc. >> >> It is not Alocasia because the later has stem which can be so long. Not >> only inside the ground. The leaves contain a lot of oxallate crystal. It >> is only used for feeding gouramy fish (Osphronemus gouramy). >> Correct me if I am wrong. >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:58 PM, surajit koley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Pudji Ji, >>> >>> As I wrote in my earlier mail, sent you minutes ago, the question is not >>> if it can be *Colocasia*. The question is - why it can't be *Alocasia >>> <http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000291562>*? >>> >>> Thank you >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 7:25 PM, Pudji Widodo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Surajit Koley Ji, >>>> >>>> An intramarginal veins is a vein parallel to the leaf margin. So, I >>>> think your leaf is not included in Colocasia. Another reason is that your >>>> leaf surface is shiny. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Pudji Widodo >>>> Fakultas Biologi Universitas Jenderal Soedirman >>>> PURWOKERTO 53122 *INDONESIA* >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Pudji Widodo >> Fakultas Biologi Universitas Jenderal Soedirman >> PURWOKERTO 53122 *INDONESIA* >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e8d2b7a1-96b3-44e8-8512-597f7690f3cfn%40googlegroups.com.
