name: Eddoe
flavor_db_name_variants: eddoe
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Eddoe
id: 957
name_scientific: Colocasia antiquorum
description: Eddoe or eddo is a tropical vegetable often considered identifiable as the species Colocasia antiquorum,closely related to taro (dasheen, Colocasia esculenta), which is primarily used for its thickened stems (corms).It has smaller corms than taro, and in most cultivars there is an acrid taste that requires careful cooking.The young leaves can also be cooked and eaten, but (unlike taro) they have a somewhat acrid taste.
itis_id: null
wikipedia_id: null
picture_file_name: Eddoe.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 22453
picture_updated_at: 2020-04-17T16:23:18.000Z
legacy_id: null
food_group: Vegetables
food_subgroup: Root vegetables
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2020-01-24T17:05:37.000Z
updated_at: 2020-04-17T16:23:19.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: null
ncbi_taxonomy_id: null
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00957