Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Thu, 20 May 2004 11:13:16 GMT, Julia Altshuler
> > wrote:
>
>
>>I looked in _Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables A Commonsense Guide_ by
>>Elizabeth Schneider for an answer to your question.
>
> Isn't this just Taro? I didn't think any other "malangas" were
> used culinarily.


Going entirely by the information in the book, Malanga has a "close
resemblance to a related tuber, Colocasia esculenta, most commonly known
as taro." Other names for Xanthosoma species include Tannia, Tannier,
Malanga Amarilla, Yautia Amarilla, Yautia Blanca, Cocoyam. She said it
was confusing, and it is proving to be so.


--Lia