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Cocoyam (eddoe cultivar)

Colocasia esculenta

Photo by Olivia Chee
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Hortpark

Notes:

Eddoe refers to the cultivar where the corms form in clumps under the ground.
The corms and young leaves of the cocoyam are edible, but must be cooked thoroughly to get rid of calcium oxalate crystals

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