Xanthosoma sagittifolium

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Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plant
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Xanthosoma
Species: X. sagittifolium
Binomial name
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
(L.) Schott
Synonyms

Arum sagittifolium
Xanthosoma sagittifolia

Xanthosoma sagittifolium, the arrowleaf elephant ear or arrowleaf elephant's ear, is a species of tropical flowering plant in the genus Xanthosoma, which produces an edible, starchy tuber. In Puerto Rican cuisine it is called malanga or yautía.

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