Cocoyam

-" data-linkid="12" href="./Taro" id="mwEg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taro">Taro (Colocasia esculenta) - cocoyam ochie
 -" data-linkid="14" href="./Xanthosoma" id="mwFg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Xanthosoma">Malanga (Xanthosoma spp.) - cocoyam ọhụrụ

Cocoyams bụ ahịhịa na-eto eto nke ezinụlọ Araceae ma na-etolite maka mgbọrọgwụ ha a na-eri eri, ọ bụ ezie na akụkụ niile nke osisi ahụ bụ ndị a na- eri. Cocoyams ndị a na-akụ na ahụ na-erizi mmụta sayensị amata nlekọta dị ka ihe oriri bụ ma ọ bụ ụdị Colocasia ma ọ bụ genre Xanthosoma ma na-enwekarị nnukwu corm (ogwe nchekwa dị n'okpuru ala), nke nnukwu akwụkwọ ole na ole na-apụta. 

Pecioles nke akwụkwọ (ogwe akwụkwọ) na-eguzo ọtọ ma nwee ike iru ogologo karịa otu mita (ụkwụ atọ) . Akpụkpọ akwụkwọ ahụ bụrụ Ónyé ọtú ibu ma nwee ọdịdị obi ma nwee ọganihu nke oru ngo ike iru sentimita 50 (20 sentimita) n'ogologo. Corm na-emepụta buds n'akụkụ nke na-ebute na ahụ na-erizi na corms n'akụkụ (cormels, suckers) ma ọ bụ stolons (long runners, creeping rhizomes) dabere na ụdị na ụdị. Cocoyams na ahụ na-eru ihe karịrị otu mita (ụkwụ atọ)  n'ịdị elu ma ọ bụ ezie na ha bụ osisi na-adịgide adịgide, a na-akụkarị ha dị ka osisi na-eto kwa afọ, na-ewepụta ha mgbe otu oge gasịrị. A pụkwara ịkpọ ụdị Colocasia dị ka taro, cocoyam ochie, arrowroot, eddoe, macabo, kontomire ma ọ bụ dasheen ma sitere na mpaghara ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ Eshia.V. R. Rao, P. J. Matthews, P. B. Eyzaguirre and D. Hunter (eds) 2010. The Global Diversity of Taro: Ethnobotany and Conservation. Rome, Bioversity International Enwere ike ịkpọ ụdị Xanthosoma dị ka tannia, yautia, cocoyam ọhụrụ ma ọ bụ Chinese taro ma sitere na Central na South America.

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