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Descriptor English: Colocasia
Descriptor Spanish: Colocasia
Descriptor Colocasia
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia ARACEAE. Los miembros contienen oxalato cálcico acre y LECTINAS. Los polinesios preparan la raíz en poi. Los nombres comunes de Taro y Coco Yam (cocoyam) pueden ser confundidos con otras ARACEAE, XANTHOSOMA o con el yam común (DIOSCOREA).
Descriptor Portuguese: Colocasia
Descriptor French: Colocasia
Entry term(s): Colocase
Colocasia esculenta
Dachine
Taro
Taro vrai
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.618.050.750.199
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D031060
Scope note: A plant genus of the family ARACEAE. Members contain acrid calcium oxalate and LECTINS. Polynesians prepare the root into poi. Common names of Taro and Coco Yam (Cocoyam) may be confused with other ARACEAE; XANTHOSOMA; or with common yam (DIOSCOREA).
Allowable Qualifiers: AE effets indésirables
AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PO intoxication
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
TO toxicité
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
DeCS ID: 36670
Unique ID: D031060
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2017/07/07
Colocasia - Preferred
Concept UI M0396531
Preferred term Colocasia
Entry term(s) Dachine
Taro - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0399445
Preferred term Taro
Entry term(s) Colocase
Colocasia esculenta
Taro vrai



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