What is calalou in english?
The species Xanthosoma brasiliense (Desf.) Engler is known by the common name Calalou in French and Vlaams.
- Xanthosoma brasiliense (Desf.) Engler
Xanthosoma brasiliense (Tahitian spinach) is native to the Amazon and now domesticated around the tropical regions of the world. It is grown for its edible leaves which are used raw in salads or lightly cooked. Cooking renders the low quantities of toxic calcium oxalate non-irritating. The leaves are used in the Caribbean as an ingredient in Callaloo. Its corms are not considered edible.
In English, Calalou (Xanthosoma brasiliense (Desf.) Engler) is known by Calalou or Tannier spinach.
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