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Dasheen
Dasheen meaning
Old cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant.
Synonyms of Dasheen
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More than two hundred participants attend the Consultation, which was held with the theme “Meeting the Demand for the Constant Supply of Dasheen for Local, Regional and International Markets”.
To date, $2.38 million has been allocated for sweet and yellow yam, dasheen, and hot pepper production.
Dasheen (also called "eddo") is another dryland variety of C. esculenta grown for its edible corms or just as an ornamental plant.
Dasheen flour was said to make excellent pancakes when mixed with wheat flour.
The "dasheen" variety, commonly planted in swamps, is rare, although appreciated for its taste.
There are differences amongst the roots mentioned above: taro or dasheen is mostly blue when cooked, tanya is white and very dry, and eddoes are small and very slimy.