Parasites on Aphis gossypii G. infesting taro and tannia. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
Plant nutrient deficiencies and related tissue composition of tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
Average yields of cormels in the South Pacific are reported as 20 t/ha for tannia grown in monoculture. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
The most important root and tuber crops are cassava, sweet potato, yams, taro (cocoyam) and tannia (new cocoyam). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
These spacing distances refer only to tannia grown in monoculture; there is no general practice for mixed cultivations. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
Trade - recent figures are not available; there is some inter-island trade in the Caribbean with St. Vincent exporting tannia to Trinidad. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
The starch grains of tannia are relatively large, with average diameter 17-20 microns, and are less easily digested than those of Colocasia. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
Both the tannia and the sweet potato can be readily grown, and the produce per acre is large; but from the foregoing tables it would appear that there are other plants whose starch is likely to be held in greater estimation. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
At a court-martial assembled on board his Majesty's ship Bri - tannia, in Portsmouth harbour, the 7th of January, 1779, and held, by adjournment, at the house of the governor of his Ma - jesty's garrison at Portsmouth, « every day afterwards (Sundajs excepted) till the 1 1 th of February, 1 779t inclusive. From Wordnik.com. [Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical] Reference
(Philipp.); Birah (Mal.); Boro (Assam); Brak (Mal.); Dokuimo (Japan); Hog tannia. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 18] Reference
The top spot is taken by tania, a plant name which entered English via French (the origin is obscure; it may be Arawakan, Cariban, or Tupí, for which MW3 also gives the variants tanier, tannier, tannia, tanya, and tanyah. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
Genetic variability in tannia. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
(tannia) and Dioscorea spp. (yam). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
I make lots of fish broths with consist of fresh fish (scaled, gutted, and sliced by mwa thanks to the teaching of my host dad, and my boyfriend, Marlie), provisions (like dasheeng or tannia), breadfruit, fig, green pawpaw, carrot, onion, pumpkin, and cabbage. From Wordnik.com. [Work in Progress] Reference
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