Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
Taro is grown in swampy pits and is mainly used as a supplement when other
foods are not available.
The corns are usually roasted, baked or broiled.
young leaves and petals can be eaten as greens.
_ asparagus,
The young shoots
ae eaten like
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Nutrient value (Corns): Protein - 3%, Fat - 0.4%, CHO - 29%]
Vitamins A andC.
The
(Leaves): Protein - 3.0%, Fat - 0.8%, CHO - 6.0%J
Fibre - 1%,
Fibre -1.4%,
Vitamin C
Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata)
Pumpkins are becoming a popular food crop.
wild, apparently where seeds were discarded.
They can often be
ffound growing
The pumpkin is cookedfand the young
leaves may be eaten in a stew,
Nutrient value:
Protein - 1.0%, Fat - 0.2%, CHO - 8%, Fibre
40.5%
Sweet Potato
Sweet potatoes have been introduced with some success.
the pigs are not free to uproot them.
are eaten as pot herbs.
They gwow well where
They are eaten cooked and thq
young leaves
They are generally only grown where cultivated and
primarily where the people first tried them as an imported food.
Nutrient Value: Protein - 1.5-2%, Fat - 0.2%, CHO - 27%, Fibref- 1%, Sugar -
S
3-6%, good source of Vitamin A. Leaves: Protein - 3.2%,1 Fat - 0.4%, CHO - 8.5%