Stromanthe sp.

Kai

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Roots

The taproots are pounded and the starch is added to fish soup.

It grows in dry forest in Venezuela.

South America, Venezuela,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A member of the Marantaceae family that grows in dry forests of Venezuela and produces edible taproots.

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