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Eddoe or Eddo is a tropical vegetable often considered identifiable as the species ''Colocasia antiquorum'',〔''Utilisation des aliments tropicaux: racines et tubercules'', FAO, Rome, 1990, p. 35. ISBN 92-5-202775-0, (google book ).〕 closely related to taro (dasheen, ''Colocasia esculenta''), which is primarily used for its thickened stems (corms).〔Purseglove, J.W. 1972. ''Tropical crops. Monocotyledons''. Longman & John Wiley, Harlow and New York.〕〔R. Tumuhimbise et al (2009) (Growth and development of wetland-grown taro under different plant populations and seedbed types in Uganda ). ''African Crop Science Journal'', Vol. 17, No. 1, 2009, pp. 49-60〕 It has smaller corms than taro, and in all but the best cultivars there is an acrid taste that requires careful cooking.〔 The young leaves can also be cooked and eaten, but (unlike taro) they have a somewhat acrid taste.〔 Eddoes appear to have been developed as a crop in China and Japan and introduced from there to the West Indies where they are sometimes called "Chinese eddoes".〔 They grow best in rich loam soil with good drainage, but they can be grown in poorer soil, in drier climates, and in cooler temperatures than taro.〔 Eddoes are also called malangas in Spanish-speaking areas, but that name is also used for other plants of the Araceae family, including tannia (''Xanthosoma'' spp.).〔 Eddoe is known as arvi or arbi in Urdu and Hindi and kochur mukhi in Bengali in South Asia. And chembb or Chembu in Malayalam. Pindalu in Nepali. Eddoes make part of the generic classification cará or inhame of the Portuguese language which, beside taro, also includes root vegetables of the genera ''Alocasia'' and ''Dioscorea''. They are the most commonly eaten in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, as well as surrounding regions of all.〔(Eatable: cará and inhame, column Nhac of the Paladar journal ) 〕 They are also fairly common in Northeastern Brazil, where they might be called (literally "potato"), but less so than true yams of the genus Colocasia. According to Brazilian folk knowledge, the eddoes most appropriate to be cooked are those that are more deeply pink, or at least pinkish lavender, in the area where the leaves were cut. ==Taxonomy== Linnaeus originally described two species which are now known as ''Colocasia esculenta'' and ''Colocasia antiquorum'' of the cultivated plants that are known by many names including eddoes, dasheen, taro, but many later botanists consider them all to be members of a single, very variable species, the correct name for which is ''Colocasia esculenta''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eddoe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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