Plant fact sheet : Xanthosoma sagittifolium | ECHOcommunity.org
The FPI list of references for this plant is extensive. I did not take time to identify the source of the composition data FPI lists.
Abbiw, D.K., 1990, Useful Plants of Ghana. West African uses of wild and cultivated plants. Intermediate Technology Publications and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p 27 (As Xanthosoma mafaffa)
Achigan-Dako, E, et al (Eds), 2009, Catalogue of Traditional Vegetables in Benin. International Foundation for Science. (As Xanthosoma mafaffa)
Ambasta, S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 693 (Also as Xanthosoma nigrum)
Anderson, E. F., 1993, Plants and people of the Golden Triangle. Dioscorides Press. p 224 (As Xanthosoma violaceum)
Ara, R. I. T., 2015, Leafy Vegetables in Bangladesh. Photon eBooks. p 30 (As Xanthosoma atrovirens)
Asprilla-Perea, J., & Diaz-Puente, J.M., 2018, Traditional use of wild edible food in rural territories within tropical forest zones: A case study from the northwestern Colombia. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences [Online]. 5(1), 162–181.
Barrau, J., 1976, Subsistence Agriculture in Polynesia and Micronesia. Bernice P. Bishop Museu, Bulletin 223 Honolulu Hawaii. Kraus reprint. p 39 (As Xanthosoma violaceum) and (Also as Xanthosoma violaceum) and p 42 (As Xanthosoma atrovirens)
Bennett, B. C., 1990, Useful Plants of Amazonian Ecuador. US Agency for International Development. Fifth Progress Report. New York Botanical Gardens. p 40 (As Xanthosoma violaceum)
Borrell, O.W., 1989, An Annotated Checklist of the Flora of Kairiru Island, New Guinea. Marcellin College, Victoria Australia. p 17
Bourret, D., 1981, Bonnes-Plantes de Nouvelle-Caledonie et des Loyaute. ORSTOM. p 61
Brickell, C. (Ed.), 1999, The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. Convent Garden Books. p 1065 (Also as Xanthosoma violaceum)
Brown, D., 2000, Aroids. Plants of the Arum family. Timber Press. (Second edition) p 258 (As Xanthosoma nigrum)and p 261 (As Xanthosoma atrovirens)
Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew.
Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 2 (I-Z) p 2312 (Also as Xanthosoma violaceum)
Call, C. A., et al, 2004, Participatory Rural Appraisal in the Upland Ecosystem of Mt Malindang, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. Biodiversity Research Programme for Development in Mindanao.
Chizmar Fernandez, C., et al, 2009, Plantas comestibles de Centroamerica. Instituto de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica. p 63
Chowdery, T., et al, 2014, Wild edible plants of Uttar Dinajpur District, West Bengal. Life Science Leaflets. 47:pp 20-36 http://lifesciencesleaflets.ning.com
Chowdhury, M. & Mukherjee, R., 2012, Wild Edible Plants Consumed by Local Communities of Maldah of West Bengal, India. Indian J.Sci.Res.3(2) : 163-170
Cobley, L.S. (rev. Steele, W.M.) 2nd Ed., 1976, An Introduction to the Botany of Tropical Crops. Longmans. p 126
Coe, F. G. and Anderson, G. J., 1999, Ethnobotany of the Sumu (Ulwa) of Southeastern Nicaragua and Comparisons with Miskitu Plant Lore. Economic Botany Vol. 53. No. 4. pp. 363-386
de Polle, E., Plantas Silvestres Comestible de Guatemala. 1(1) Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. (As Xanthosoma violaceum)
Englberger, L., et al, 2006, Documentation of the traditional food system of Pohnpei. Indigenous People’s food systems. Chp 6 p 119
Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 25 (As Xanthosoma mafaffa) and p 25 (As Xanthosoma violaceum) and (As Xanthosoma atrovirens)
FAO, 1993, Valor Nutritivo Y Usis en Alimantacion humana de Algunis Cultivos Autoctonos Subexplotados de Mesoamerica. FAO, Santiago, Chile. p 78
Flora of Australia Volume 49, Oceanic Islands 1, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. (1994) p 417
Foo, J.T.S.(ed), 1996, A Guide to Common Vegetables. Singapore Science Foundation. p 16
Franklin, J., Keppel, G., & Whistler, W., 2008, The vegetation and flora of Lakeba, Nayau and Aiwa Islands, Central Lau Group, Fiji. Micronesica 40(1/2): 169–225, 2008
French, B.R., 1986, Food Plants of Papua New Guinea, A Compendium. Asia Pacific Science Foundation p 4
French, B.R., 2010, Food Plants of Solomon Islands. A Compendium. Food Plants International Inc. p 10
Gangte, H. E., et al, 2013, Wild Edible Plants used by the Zou Tribe in Manipur, India. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 3, Issue 5
Giraldi, M. & Hanazaki, N., 2014, Use of Cultivated and Harvested Edible Plants by Caiçaras—What Can Ethnobotany Add to Food Security Discussions? Human Ecology Review, Volume 20, Number 2, 2014
Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 566
Guite, C., 2016, Study of wild edible plants associated with the Paite Tribe of Manipur, India. International Journal of Current Research. Vol. 8, Issue 11, pp. 40927-40932
Harkonen, M. & Vainio-Mattila, K., 1998, Some examples of Natural Products in the Eastern Arc Mountains. Journal of East African Natural History 87:265-278
Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant’s edible plants of the world. p 689
Henty, E.E., 1980, Harmful Plants in Papua New Guinea. Botany Bulletin No 12. Division Botany, Lae, Papua New Guinea. p 23
Hermandez Bermejo, J.E., and Leon, J. (Eds.), 1994, Neglected Crops. 1492 from a different perspective. FAO Plant Production and Protection Series No 26. FAO, Rome. p18, 253, p 215 (As Xanthosoma violaceum), p 254 (As Xanthosoma atrovirens)
Hibbert, M., 2002, The Aussie Plant Finder 2002, Florilegium. p 310 (Also as Xanthosoma violaceum)
Hossain, U. & Rahman, A., 2018, Study and quantitative analysis of wild vegetable floral diversity available in Barisal district, Bangladesh. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. 2018, 4 (4), 362-371 (Also as Xanthosoma atrovirens)
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Hunter, D., et al, 2019, The potential of neglected and underutilized species for improving diets and nutrition. Planta (2019) 250:709-729
Index sem. hort. berol. app. 3. 1854 (As Xanthosoma atrovirens)
Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 21, 111 (As Xanthosoma mafaffa) and p 21 (As Xanthosoma violaceum) and (As Xanthosoma atrovirens)
Katz, E., et al, 2012, No greens in the forest? Note on the limited consumption of greens in the Amazon. Acta Soc Bot Pol 81(4):283–293
Kay, D.E., 1973, Root Crops, Digest 2, Tropical Products Institute, London, p 160 (Also as Xanthosoma violaceum) and (As Xanthosoma atrovirens)
Kays, S. J., and Dias, J. C. S., 1995, Common Names of Commercially Cultivated Vegetables of the World in 15 languages. Economic Botany, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 115-152
Kebebew, M. & Leta, G., 2016, Wild Edible Plant Bio-diversity and Utilization System in Nech Sar National Park, Ethiopia. International Journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management 2016, 7(4):885-896
Kiple, K.F. & Ornelas, K.C., (eds), 2000, The Cambridge World History of Food. CUP p 1807 (Also as Xanthosoma atrovirens)
Kumar, S. A., Manus, D. & Mallika, M., 2018, Impact of non-timber forest products on Forest and in Livelihood Economy of the People of Adjoining Areas of Jalpaiguri Forest Division, West Bengal, India. Int. J. of Life Sciences, 2018; 6 (2):365-385
Latham, P., 2004, Useful Plants of Bas-Congo province. Salvation Army & DFID p 294
Lembaga Biologi Nasional, 1977, Ubi-Ubian, Balai Pustaka, Jakarta. p 48 (As Xanthosoma violaceum)
Lentz, D. L., 1993, Medicinal and Other Economic Plants of the Paya of Honduras. Economic Botany, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 358-370 (As Xanthosoma violaceum)
Lim, T. K., 2015, Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants. Volume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs. Springer p 86
Llamas, K.A., 2003, Tropical Flowering Plants. Timber Press. p 87 (As Xanthosoma mafaffa)
Macmillan, H.F. (Revised Barlow, H.S., et al) 1991, Tropical Planting and Gardening. Sixth edition. Malayan Nature Society. Kuala Lumpur. p 342
Martin, F.W. & Ruberte, R.M., 1979, Edible Leaves of the Tropics. Antillian College Press, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. p 21 and p 176 (As Xanthosoma mafaffa), p 176 (As Xanthosoma violaceum)
Massal, E and Barrau, J., 1973, Food Plants of the South Sea Islands. SPC Technical Paper No 94. Nounea, New Caledonia. p 6-10
Medhi, P. & Borthakur, S. K., 2012, Phytoresources from North Cachur Hills of Assam -3: Edible plants sold at Hflong market. Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources. 3(1) pp 84-109
Miguel, E., et al, 1989, A checklist of the cultivated plants of Cuba. Kulturpflanze 37. 1989, 211-357
Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 602 (As Xanthosoma atrovirens)
Nyadanu, D., et al, 2015, Agro-biodiversity and challenges of on-farm conservation: the case of plant genetic resources of neglected and underutilized crop species in Ghana. Genet. Resourc. Crop Evol. 62(7):
Ochse, J.J. et al, 1931, Vegetables of the Dutch East Indies. Asher reprint. p 60 (As Xanthosoma violaceum)
Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 3:370. 1853 (As Xanthosoma violaceum)
Onwueme, I.C., 1978, The Tropical Tuber Crops. Wiley, p 199
Oomen, H.A.P.C., & Grubben, G.J.H., 1978, Tropical Leaf Vegetables in Human Nutrition, Communication 69, Department of Agricultural research, RTI Amsterdam, p 66, 81
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Purseglove, J.W., 1972, Tropical Crops. Monocotyledons. Longmans p 69, p 70 (As Xanthosoma mafaffa) and p 69 (As Xanthosoma violaceum) and (As Xanthosoma atrovirens)
Raponda-Walker, A & Sillans, R., 1961, Les Plantes Utiles du Gabon. Editions Paul Lechevalier, Paris. p 97 (As Xanthosoma violaceum)
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Slocum, P.D. & Robinson, P., 1999, Water Gardening. Water Lilies and Lotuses. Timber Press. p 103 (As Xanthosoma violaceum)
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Staples, G.W. and Herbst, D.R., 2005, A tropical Garden Flora. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. p 613 (Drawing) (As Xanthosoma violaceum)
Stephens, K.M., & Dowling, R.M., 2002, Wetland Plants of Queensland. A field guide. CSIRO p 9 (As Xanthosoma violaceum)
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Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 1141, 1142 (Also as Xanthosoma nigrum)
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