Taros

The two types of C. esculenta are frequently referred to as separate species in the literature, C. antiquorum and C. esculenta, but it is more generally accepted that the taros are a polymorphic species, C. esculenta, and under this classification the eddoe is C. esculenta var. antiquorum (syn. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Kung ang Diyos ay pinaghahanap sa amin upang sundin ang sampung utos walang taros, ito ay may nakasulat na ang mga ito sa ang buwan. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Kami ay isang hakbang mula sa nasusunog down sa aming mga bahay at murdering-isa sa isang walang taros pagsasakatuparan ng self-utang na loob. ❋ Unknown (2005)

There only remained the scented taros, so that picking again a mandatory arrow, he ascertained who would go and carry away the taros: whereupon a very puny and very delicate rat was heard to assent. ❋ Unknown (2003)

‘I would like,’ he said, ‘to go and steal the scented taros.’ ❋ Unknown (2003)

Yams commonly require 8-11 months to maturity; taros and tannias 10 months to a year. ❋ Unknown (1996)

In Part III (38 mins., beginning the second videotape), he discusses corm-producing aroid species such as tanias, taros, eddoes and dasheens. ❋ Unknown (1996)

And a black lamb and a black cock for Tar-taros; I pledged those last night. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1993)

Essai de conservation de taros et macabos au Cameroun. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Soil - taros are grown on a wide range of soil types, but the best results are obtained on deep, well-drained, friable loams, particularly alluvial loams, with a high water-table; a pH of 5. 5-6.5 is reported to be best. ❋ Unknown (1987)

For commercial handling it has been recommended that the sound corms, after fungicide dipping, draining and air-drying, be packed in polyethylene bags; such bags, overpacked in banana cartons, have been successfully used for shipping taros in the Pacific at ambient temperatures, and the storage life has been from 26 to 40 days. ❋ Unknown (1987)

For this reason taros are easily digested, but unsuitable as a source of industrial starch. ❋ Unknown (1987)

In recent years production of tannias has tended to increase, particularly in parts of West Africa, because of their greater resistance to Phytophthora blight compared to taros, and because less exacting conditions are required for their cultivation. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Promising root crops for the south: yautias, taros and dasheens. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Temperature - for optimum results taros require hot humid conditions, with daily average temperatures of 21-27°C; when grown in more temperate areas or at high altitudes there must be a 6-7 month frost-free period. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Material - taros are propagated vegetatively, using suckers, whole corms or cormels, pieces of corms or setts (the lower 30-50 cm of the petiole with the top 1-2 cm of the corms). ❋ Unknown (1987)

Rainfall - taros are primarily adapted to moist environments, but can be grown under a wide range of conditions, ranging from paddy culture to dry upland conditions under irrigation. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Taro appears to suffer chilling damage at 3-5°C having a life of only 5-6 weeks, but, in Egypt, taros are successfully stored for periods of 12-15 weeks at 7°C. ❋ Unknown (1987)

There is often confusion between the genus Xanthosoma and that of Colocasia since superficially tannias appear to be rather large coarse taros. ❋ Unknown (1987)