Alocasia (Alocasia macrorrhizos)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This datasheet is pending revision and updating; its contents are currently derived from FAO's Animal Feed Resources Information System (1991-2002) and from Bo Göhl's Tropical Feeds (1976-1982).

Datasheet

Description

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Common names

Alocasia, alocasia géante, taro géant, ape, cunjevoi, giant alocasia, giant taro, pai, alocasie, alokasie, mankachu, inhame açú, orelha de elefante gigante, taiá rio branco, taioba, malanga

Species

Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don [Araceae]

Synonyms

Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott, Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach, (previously associated with 4 accessions), Alocasia macrorrhizos var. rubra (Hassk.) Furtado, Alocasia macrorrhizos var. variegata (K. Koch & C. D. Bouché) Furtado, Alocasia variegata K. Koch & C. D. Bouché, Arum indicum Lour., Arum macrorrhizon L., Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth, (previously associated with 3 accessions), Colocasia indica var. rubra Hassk.

Related feed(s)

Description

Herbaceous plant with large heart-shaped leaves up to 1.5 m long that contain a milky juice.

Nutritional aspects

Nutritional attributes

Tthe leaves, stalks and black rhizome of cultivated varieties can be fed to animals.

Potential constraints

The wild variety has a pungent taste caused by oxalate crystals which also cause the mouth to itch. Cultivated forms do not have this property

Nutritional tables

Tables of chemical composition and nutritional value

Alocasia (Alocasia macrorrhizos), leaves, fresh

Avg: average or predicted value; SD: standard deviation; Min: minimum value; Max: maximum value; Nb: number of values (samples) used