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Malanga (Venezuela)
Malanga may refer to: Biology Botany *''Xanthosoma'', a tropical and sub-tropical edible or ornamental plant, or its starchy bulbotubers *Eddoe (''Colocasia esculenta antiquorum''), a tropical vegetable closely related to taro Zoology *''Erebus ephesperis'', also known as ''Erebus malanga'', a moth species *''Eilema triplaiola'', also known as ''Ilema malanga'', a moth species Film * Malanga (film), ''Malanga'' (film), 1986 Pakistani film Music *, Colombian rock band *, Venezuelan pop rock or Venezuelan rock band People *Malanga (dancer) (1885–1927), Cuban rumba dancer born José Rosario Oviedo *Christian Malanga (born 1983), Congolese politician *Gerard Malanga (born 1943), American poet and filmmaker *Steven Malanga, American journalist *Andrew Malanga, (born 1965), American diplomat and philanthropist Places *Malanga, neighbourhood in Maputo, Mozambique *Malanga, ancient name of Kanchipuram, India *Char Malanga, village in Bangladesh *Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay, a town in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanthosoma
''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 their starchy corms, an important food staple of tropical regions, known variously as ''malanga'', ''otoy'', ''otoe'', cocoyam (or new cocoyam), ''tannia'', ''tannier'', ''yautía'', ''macabo'', ''ocumo'', ''macal'', ''taioba'', ''dasheen'', ''quequisque'', ''ʻape'' and (in Papua New Guinea) as Singapore taro (''taro kongkong''). Many other species, including especially ''Xanthosoma roseum'', are used as ornamental plants; in popular horticultural literature these species may be known as ‘ape due to resemblance to the true Polynesian ʻape, ''Alocasia macrorrhizos'', or as elephant ear from visual resemblance of the leaf to an elephant's ear. Sometimes the latter name is also applied to members in the closely related genera ''Caladium'', ''Colocasia'' (taro), and ''Alocasia''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |