Callaloo
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Callaloo is a plant used in popular dishes in many Caribbean countries, while for other Caribbean countries, a stew made with the plant is called callaloo. Cuisines, including the plant callaloo or di
Callaloo
Xanthosoma
Amaranth
A Jamaican breakfast including callaloo (bottom right)
Xanthosoma
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Xanthosoma is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae. The genus is native to tropical America but widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical regions. Several are grown for th
Callaloo
…or Grenada, the dish itself is called callaloo and uses taro leaves (known by many local names such as 'dasheen bush', 'callaloo bush', or 'bush') or Xanthosoma leaves (known by many names, including cocoyam and tannia). It is a remnant of West African and Taino cuisine…
Inflorescence of Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Inflorescence of X. daguense