Arrowleaf Elephant Ear
Obsidian Soul, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This crop is usually cultivated as a tuber vegetable, but also the leaves and stems can be eaten.
The name Cocoyam can be a bit confusing as it is also used for Taro, which is a similar looking crop but is actually a different species.
Names
Scientific
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
English
Arrowleaf elephant ear
Arrowleaf elephant's ear
Cocoyam
New cocoyam
Tannia
Yautia
Dutch
Tayer
Spanish
Oreja de elefante
German
Malanga
Tania
Tannia
Taxonomy
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Xanthosoma
Species
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (Arrowleaf elephant ear)
Crop categories
Leaf vegetables
Minor crops
Subtropical crops
Tropical crops
Tuber vegetables
Vegetables