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Title: Promising root crops for the South
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Barrett, O. W. (Otis Warren), b. 1872 Cook, O. F. (Orator Fuller), 1867-1949. Agricultural history and utility of the cultivated aroids Barrett, O. W. (Otis Warren), b. 1872. Yautias, taros, and dasheens United States. Bureau of Plant Industry
Subjects: Yautia Araceae Root crops Taro
Publisher: Washington : Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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he spadix is sterile.In the case of some of the yautias, the spathe may barely exceed thetip of the spadix, whereas in some of the taros it may be prolongedto about twice the length of the spadix; it may be open, like that ofa caladium, in some of the yautias, or it may be strongly twisted intoa cornucopia-like roll, as in some of the taros. The name yautia is an Arawak word which was in common use inthe Greater Antilles at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards. Themeaning is probably place of (ya) the hutia (or spiny rat, Capromyssp.), which was formerly very abundant in tropical America andwhich fed upon roots and fruits. The origin of the name tanier isunknown. The r is usually not pronounced in the British WestIndies, and the spellings atannia and tania are frequently seen.Eddo is probably an African word synonymous with taro, but fre-quently applied to the tanier. Coco is another term applied to the 164 Jul. 164, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate III.
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GENERAL CULTURE. 11 yautia in the British West Indies. Malanga is the Arawak name fortaro, and is still current in Cuba for both yautias and taros. InPanama the yautia is called by the Indian (San Bias ?) name of oto,while in Mexico it passes under the names of quequeste, tekixcamote(probably a mongrel Indian and Spanish word), rejalgar, colomo,lampaza, and macal. Since the yautias have been only very recently introduced into theEastern Hemisphere, there are of course few native names in thatregion. However, the local names for the taro varieties are exceed-ingly numerous and complicated. Probably as many as 100 moreor less distinct forms of the taro and of the closely related dasheenare now extant; many varieties have probably been lost on accountof the radical changes in habits of the aborigines in the Pacific islandsduring the past few decades. The locality in which the cultivationof the taros began appears to be Polynesia, though this is not defi-nitely settled. A number of variet

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