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Descriptor English:   Colocasia 
Descriptor Spanish:   Colocasia 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Colocasia 
Synonyms English:   Dasheen
Taro  
Tree Number:   B06.388.100.085.199
Definition English:   A plant genus of the family ARACEAE. Members contain acrid calcium oxalate and LECTINS. Polynesians prepare the root into poi. Common names of Taro and Coco Yam (Cocoyam) may be confused with other ARACEAE; XANTHOSOMA; or with common yam (DIOSCOREA). 
Indexing Annotation English:   coord with specific PLANT COMPONENTS term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease/drug ther (IM) + PLANT PREPARATIONS or its indentations/ther use (IM or NIM) + specific plant chemical /ther use (IM) if pertinent; Manual 26.29
History Note English:   2003 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
adverse effects anatomy & histology
chemistry classification
cytology drug effects
embryology enzymology
growth & development genetics
immunology metabolism
microbiology physiology
poisoning parasitology
radiation effects toxicity
ultrastructure virology
Record Number:   36670 
Unique Identifier:   D031060 

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