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Every living soul on this planet needs to be fed. While people in urban area depends on their money in order to bring food to their table, people in rural area or the countryside, especially in tropical area, they planted the food, even the one with the similar substances. These plants, which its tubers, roots, fruits, are edible, are potentially replacing rice to get enough carbohydrates throughout the day. It’s easy to cultivate, and it doesn’t need certain season to grow and harvested. However, some of them are can be found only in certain tropical countries. Whether the European and American, sadly, they have to be satisfied only knowing for their potatoes.
Those plants are;
1. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L)
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Potatoes, also known for its Latin name as Solanum tuberosum L. has now become one of the most important basic food in Europe even though it first came from South America. It’s the colonization of Spain and Portuguese who brought it to Europe and stared to cultivate them. The potato itself originally comes from South /America and been planted since many years ago. Its plants are one session shrubs and loving cool temperatures.
2. Suweg (A. oncophyllus)
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It has many other name such as; A. oncophyllus, A. rivierii, A. bulbbifer dan A. konjac. The facts are, many regions and countries have its own name for it. The Japanese know it as elephant foot yam, sweet yam, and konjac plant, and use it as one of ingredients to make foods. Lots of Japanese use this tuber to make konnyaku, which is gel made of from the extracts this tuber, mix it with chalky water. Another food made from this substance is Nata de Coco, noodles (Shirataki) as addition to shabu-shabu.In some other countries as in Indonesia, which its origin place of grow, this tuber has been used to make chips since years ago and even exported to Japan. This tuber turns out has high fiver, and carbohydrates but low on fat. It also suit for people with Diabetic condition since it has only 42 Glicemic Index.
3. Gembili (Dioscorea esculenta L)
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It also known with its Latin name as Dioscorea esculenta L. It has chewy and tasty texture. The plants is ivy, means it crawling clockwise on to the bigger plants to reach the higher space in order getting more sun lights. In raw condition, its taste is a bit spicy, but the spicy taste will be gone after you boil it for sometimes. Sir Thomas Raffles once called it as lesser yam. This tuber besides its function as replacing rice for its carbohydrates, it is exported as one of ingredients in the making of alcohol beverages or etanol.
4. Gembolo (Discorea bulbufera)
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It is known for its Latin name as (Discorea bulbufera). It has similarity to Gembili, only different sizes. It is also have tuber hanging in the air from its leaves shafts, buried edible tuber as Gembili has. In tropical developing countries, where originally this plants come from, they are used as secondary source of carbohydrates other than rice.Country which are cultivate this plants are mainly in South East Asia and some countries in Africa.
5. UWI ULO, UWI DEWATA (Dioscorea pentaphilla)
It has Latin name as Dioscorea pentaphilla. It is widely famous in Morortai people Northern Molluccas, and Bali, Indonesia. This climbing shrub grows almost 5-10 meters above the ground. It stems has circular shape along with its small silky roots. Its tuber has the color of yellow, white and purple spotted. Is texture is hard but when it is already mashed it will form in sandy shapes.
6. Singkong (Cassava)
5. UWI ULO, UWI DEWATA (Dioscorea pentaphilla)
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6. Singkong (Cassava)
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It is also known as Tapioca or Cassava in some countries. Its swollen roots which is contains Carbohydrates. It usually always in wet fresh conditions, early times after we are digging it from the soil.It plants mostly can be found in
7. Talas (Colocasia esculenta L)
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It is basically tuber from swollen roots. Its stem usually wet, and juicy inside, and that is why makes it easier to break. Its tuber contains lots of carbohydrates and can be extracted and used as paper glue in emergency conditions. It has to be cooked properly in order to get rid of its itch on the tongue. It can be boiled or steamed before it is ready to eat. The plants, specifically its leaf stem, is also edible and can be used as vegetables, even though it lacks of nutrients.
8. Sago (Palmera sagu)
8. Sago (Palmera sagu)
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Sago is a starch extracted from the spongy centre, or pith, of various tropical palm stems, especially Metroxylon sagu. There is another type of flour, called sago flour, and it is made from sago. The palms are cut down when they are about 15 years old, just before they are ready to flower. The stems, which grow to 30 feet (9 metres high), are split out. The starch pith is taken from the stems and ground to powder. A single palm yields about 800 pounds (360 kilograms) of starch. The powder is kneaded in water over a cloth or sieve. It passes into a trough where it settles. After a few washings, the flour is ready to be used in cooking. It is traditionally cooked and eaten in various forms, such as rolled into balls, mixed with boiling water to form a paste, or as a pancake. It is often produced commercially in the form of "pearls". Sago pearls can be boiled with water or milk and sugar to make a sweet sago pudding.
Sago pearls are similar in appearance to tapioca pearls and the two may be used interchangeably in some dishes.
9. Ganyong A.K.A the Arrowroots
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It is a swollen roots that are becoming tuber. Commonly known as roots of (Maranta arundinacea). Arrowroot has been cultivated since 7,000 years ago, in Caribbean, although now can be easily found in tropical countries. It has been used in treating poison-arrow wounds, as it draws out the poison when applied to the spot of the injury. It once was the main source of carbohydrate, but now, it is used as the main ingredient in the paper making industries.
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10. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
Sorghum bicolor, native cultivated plants in Africa. It is already becoming an important crop worldwide, used for food (as grain and in sorghum syrup or "sorghum molasses"), animal fodder, the production of alcoholic beverages, and biofuels. Most varieties are drought- and heat-tolerant, and are especially important in arid regions, where the grain is one of the staples for poor and rural people. S. bicolor is an important food crop in Africa, Central America, and South Asia, and it is now has becoming the fifth-most important cereal crop grown in the world
11. Ubi Jalar/ Sweet Purple Potato ( Ipomoea batatas)
It is a large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots root vegetable.The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as green vegetables. Ipomoea batatas is native to the tropical regions in many countries. It can be steamed, boiled, or fried, and used as adding ingredients for making cakes, breads, and other foods.
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10. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
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11. Ubi Jalar/ Sweet Purple Potato ( Ipomoea batatas)
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