Tubers
- Product number: 833002.1
- Origin: Tropical America
- Latin: Xanthosoma sagittifolium
This ornamental foliage plant is very popular in the tropics because of its edible tubers. The leaves of the Xanthosoma brasiliense (833000) are softer and more popular, but the leaves of this Tajer are also very edible (especially when young). The main purpose of cultivating this Tajer is primarily the large tubers that the plant forms. In Suriname, the tubers are boiled, baked or fried; the dish Pom, which is usually made from this Tajer, is very popular.
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Latin: Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Dutch: Tajerknol
Also: Tayer, Pomtayer, Pomtajer or Pomknol
English: Tannia
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- Flower colour: Inconspicuous flowers in spikes
- Average growth height: More than 120 cm
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
- Hardy: Not frost hardy
- Origin: Tropical America
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Xanthosoma sagittifolium
- Dutch: Taro
- Also known as: Tayer, Pomtayer, Pomtajer or Pomknol
- English: Tannia
