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Non-scientific name:

malanga

2 Accepted name(s) for "malanga":

Accepted name
Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

3 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) Caladium bicolor Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent. Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

27 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "malanga":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
alcocaz Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
angel-wings Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
arum Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
caladium Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
coco yam Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cocoyam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colocasia Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
colocasie Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
colomia antiquorum Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dasheen Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
daun keladi Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
eddo Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
elephant ear Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
elephant's ear Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
elephant's-ear Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
inhame Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
inhame-branco Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
inhame-da-costa Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
inhame-da-áfrica Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kalo Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
madumbe Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
taioba-de-são-tomé Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
taro Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tayoba Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
toran Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
wild taro Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zehrwurzel Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)