Dracontium asperum
K. Koch
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Tuber, Root, Corm
The tubers are cooked and eaten.
Known Hazards
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet lands.
Asia, Brazil, Colombia, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, SE Asia, Singapore, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bhutan, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Georgia, French Guiana, Guyana, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Suriname, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A taro family herb. It grows 1.8 m tall. It forms a tuber 8 cm across. The leaf stalk is 3 m long. There is only one leaf with irregular lobes that vary is size and shape.
Notes
There are 23 Dracontium species. It is used in medicine.
Names & Synonyms
Erva-jararaca, Taruma
Dracontium elatum Mart.Dracontium foecundum Hook.f.Sauromatum asperum (K. Koch) K. Koch
References (5)
- Brown, D., 2000, Aroids. Plants of the Arum family. Timber Press. (Second edition) p 270
- Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 1 (A-H) p 873
- 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 319
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/econ.pl (10 April 2000)
- Wochenschr. Gaurtnerei Pflanzenk. 2:259. 1859
