Stromanthe sp.
Kai
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Augusto César Muniz
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Fernando Junior
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Cassia Touchais
Description
A member of the Marantaceae family that grows in dry forests of Venezuela and produces edible taproots.
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Edible Uses
The taproots are pounded and the starch is added to fish soup.
Traditional Uses
The taproots are pounded and the starch added to fish soup.
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Distribution
It grows in dry forest in Venezuela.
Where It Grows
South America, Venezuela,
References (2)
- Gragson, T. L., 1997, The Use of Underground Plant Organs and Its Relation to Habitat Selection among the Pume Indians of Venezuela. Economic Botany, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 377-384
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 840
