Re: largish (grapefrut) sized A. peonifolia?


----- Original Message -----
From: David Ruland <druland@atlantabotanicalgarden.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L <aroid-l@mobot.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:43 PM
Subject: RE: largish (grapefrut) sized A. peonifolia?


Ah Ha!!!   This has 'tickled' my memory!    Ratalu is a purpel-fleshed
species of Dioscorea, Scott Hyndman (our IAS President) and Petra bought
some tubers while we toured a Vietnamese market just a couple months ago.
My Indian grocery also had some for sale, as did a W.I. grocery nearby.   It
is also sold in cans at the Indian store.   It is a delectable starch,
though the color of the peeled/cooked vegetable is quite startling, a rich
dark purple-lilac!   When grown as a plant it becomes a vine w/ cordate
leaves.

Julius

>>If the ratalu is the same as what I found with the suran in atlanta it
is some kind of dioscorea yam thing. very attractive vine with purple
veins.<<

-----Original Message-----
From: magrysbo@shu.edu [m*@shu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:34 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
Subject: Re: largish (grapefrut) sized A. peonifolia?


Thanks for all the extra research on the part of all the Suranoslueths!
My
local indian marts had, besides edoes and things that looked like
Xanthosomas, a suran lookalike called "ratalu". Any ideas?
Bonaventure
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