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  • Taro and Dasheen Taro and dasheen are two of many names for tubers of a water-loving plant native to eastern Asia and the Pacific islands, Colocasia esculenta, which is in the arum family as are calla lilies and philodendrons.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Taro and Dasheen Taro and dasheen are two of many names for tubers of a water-loving plant native to eastern Asia and the Pacific islands, Colocasia esculenta, which is in the arum family as are calla lilies and philodendrons.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Now they report that the edible fungus Morchella esculenta, which is from the same major fungal group as the previously tested inedible fungus, removed most of the furanocoumarins from the grapefruit juice.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • Now they report that the edible fungus Morchella esculenta, which is from the same major fungal group as the previously tested inedible fungus, removed most of the furanocoumarins from the grapefruit juice.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Now they report that the edible fungus Morchella esculenta, which is from the same major fungal group as the previously tested inedible fungus, removed most of the furanocoumarins from the grapefruit juice.

    innovations-report 2009

  • Now they report that the edible fungus Morchella esculenta, which is from the same major fungal group as the previously tested inedible fungus, removed most of the furanocoumarins from the grapefruit juice.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Some of the dominant species in this higher altitude scrub are: Lindleyella mespiloides, Wimmeria persicifolia, Cassia chiapensis, Leucaena esculenta, Quercus conspersa & Q. liebmannii.

    Tehuacán Valley matorral 2007

  • Alaria esculenta and a dense forest of kelp Laminaria hyperborea and below it, parks of kelp as deep as 35 m.

    St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008

  • This is the only place in Mongolia where a very rare lichen Aspicilia esculenta grows, in a narrow strip along the northeastern shore of Uvs Nuur.

    Uvs Nuur Basin, Russian Federation, Republic of Tuva and Mongolia 2008

  • Birds includes herons Egretta sacra, stork-billed kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis, collared scops owl Otus bakkamoena, white bellied swiftlet Collocalia esculenta, pygmy swiftlet C. troglodytes, scrub-hen Megapodius freycinet cumingii and sea eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster.

    Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Philippines 2008

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