09-09-2016, 11:07 AM
Koen,
I'm under certain restraints, due to obligations to the publisher, so may not reproduce the detailed discussion of that detail.
I thought, though, that some background notes might be interesting for you; they were published as a sort of introduction to the more detailed matter. Links omitted, sorry - no time just now to check them.
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FINDINGS: Nov.12th., 2011
fol 99v: detail, lower right, Alocasia [-esculenta' -odora; -gageana?].
[pic]
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Alocasia spp.
Dana Scot mentioned yonks ago that the plant shown lower right on fol. 99v has a leaf resembling the form of an elephant. (I haven't seen the original post, but I'd guess he also referred to an Alocasia or 'elephant-ear' plant.
Independently, and very recently, 'Don' [Hoffmann] suggested the same.
At first I thought leaf-margins of this sort were only on Alocasia gageana but that isn't so!
See this picture of -esclulenta. The associated article explains why some sources call the same plant Colocasia esculenta.
This page claims that today "Colocasia esculenta is the 14th most widely consumed vegetable on earth".
This page lists -macrohrizzos as a medicinal plant.
The same page gives its name in numerous original languages.
In western countries, Alocasias are known best as ornamental only.
This page has a good picture of Alocasia gageana, just fyi. It's also known as the 'dwarf elephant ear'.
Caution with pics: If you are using Guglypics remember many may be modern hybrids. Lots about.
When I get back to the de' Conti saga, I'll shift this post back a ways. Enjoy.
Addition - 19th Nov 2011:
As the wiki article says (repeated endlessly in other web-sources) one needed go no further than the eastern side of the Mediterranean to see these plants.
I'm under certain restraints, due to obligations to the publisher, so may not reproduce the detailed discussion of that detail.
I thought, though, that some background notes might be interesting for you; they were published as a sort of introduction to the more detailed matter. Links omitted, sorry - no time just now to check them.
______
FINDINGS: Nov.12th., 2011
fol 99v: detail, lower right, Alocasia [-esculenta' -odora; -gageana?].
[pic]
------------------------------
Alocasia spp.
Dana Scot mentioned yonks ago that the plant shown lower right on fol. 99v has a leaf resembling the form of an elephant. (I haven't seen the original post, but I'd guess he also referred to an Alocasia or 'elephant-ear' plant.
Independently, and very recently, 'Don' [Hoffmann] suggested the same.
At first I thought leaf-margins of this sort were only on Alocasia gageana but that isn't so!
See this picture of -esclulenta. The associated article explains why some sources call the same plant Colocasia esculenta.
This page claims that today "Colocasia esculenta is the 14th most widely consumed vegetable on earth".
This page lists -macrohrizzos as a medicinal plant.
The same page gives its name in numerous original languages.
In western countries, Alocasias are known best as ornamental only.
This page has a good picture of Alocasia gageana, just fyi. It's also known as the 'dwarf elephant ear'.
Caution with pics: If you are using Guglypics remember many may be modern hybrids. Lots about.
When I get back to the de' Conti saga, I'll shift this post back a ways. Enjoy.
Addition - 19th Nov 2011:
As the wiki article says (repeated endlessly in other web-sources) one needed go no further than the eastern side of the Mediterranean to see these plants.
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