Talk:Alocasia odora

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== Bac ha cooking instructions should be added to this page. Apparently it can cause irritating reactions when consumed raw. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.7.100.52 (talk) 01:24, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alocasia odora is not edible.[edit]

This article identifies Alocasia odora with Doc mung/Bac ha in Vietnam without enough sources to prove it. It seems quite dangerous to do so according to the information I have gathered.

Doc mung/Bac ha = Colocasia gigantea (not A. odora) ^[1]^[2]^[3]
A. odora (called Ray) can be used as medicine for the treatment of common cold in North Vietnam (MATSUDA M & NAWATA E 2002).
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan) warned that A. odora (Kuwazuimo), which looks similart to edible C. gigantea (Hasuimo) or C. esculenta (Satoimo), had caused several cases of food poisoning by accidental consumption. ^[4]^[5]^[6]
There is also an English article on toxicities of A. odora. ^[7]

^ Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hue 'Taro diversity and use in Vietnam'. Ethnobotany and genetic diversity of Asian taro: focus on China
^ Loài Dọc mùng Tri thức việt - Vietgle.
^ MATSUDA M and NAWATA E "Taro in Northern Vietnam : Its Uses, Cultivation, and Genetic Variation" Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture, VOL.46;NO.4;PAGE.247-258(2002)
^ “「クワズイモ」誤食に注意呼び掛け　厚労省高知・四万十市で食中”. 日本経済新聞.
^ 後藤勝実、月岡淳子. “クワズイモ”. 自然毒のリスクプロファイル. 厚生労働省.
^ さいたま市保健福祉局健康科学研究センター生活科学課 (2012年11月19日). “食べられないイモ『クワズイモ』”. さいたま市.
^ Jeong Mi Moon, et.al. 'Toxicities of raw Alocasia odora', Human & Experimental Toxicology. Abstract

I am sure the current article needs to be edited all over. Are there any objections? --Zumyzumy (talk) 04:30, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

--Zumyzumy (talk) 00:09, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hue 'Taro diversity and use in Vietnam'. Ethnobotany and genetic diversity of Asian taro: focus on China

[2] Loài Dọc mùng Tri thức việt - Vietgle.

[3] MATSUDA M and NAWATA E "Taro in Northern Vietnam : Its Uses, Cultivation, and Genetic Variation" Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture, VOL.46;NO.4;PAGE.247-258(2002)

[4] “「クワズイモ」誤食に注意呼び掛け　厚労省高知・四万十市で食中”. 日本経済新聞.

[5] 後藤勝実、月岡淳子. “クワズイモ”. 自然毒のリスクプロファイル. 厚生労働省.

[6] さいたま市保健福祉局健康科学研究センター生活科学課 (2012年11月19日). “食べられないイモ『クワズイモ』”. さいたま市.

[7] Jeong Mi Moon, et.al. 'Toxicities of raw Alocasia odora', Human & Experimental Toxicology. Abstract

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