Tag: Colocasia

Herbs, The Kitchen

Quelite : Mafafa : Eating the Taro stem

I have briefly written of this plant (or one of its ilk). See my previous Post Quelite : Mafafa. It is important you check the WARNINGS in this Post as all varieties of this plant contain highly irritant calcium oxalate crystals which need to be removed (by cooking) before the plant can be safely consumed. A couple of months ago I noted an African person … Continue reading Quelite : Mafafa : Eating the Taro stem

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Herbs, The Kitchen

Quelite : Mafafa

Xanthosoma robustum Also called Paxnikak (1), Lok, barbaron, pitzoquilit One variety of tequelite (P.peltilimba) is called panixkaka. Tequelite de panixkaka is found in Cuetzalan, Zoquiapan, Tuzamapan, Huehuetla and Tlalauquitepec, in la sierra norte de Puebla (Rodríguez etal., 2010). See Post Quelite : Tequelite This plant is a “tolerated” quelite when found growing in coffee plantations or the milpa, in that I mean it will be … Continue reading Quelite : Mafafa

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