Plant Sources For Callaloo Leaves
- Taro - also called dasheen in the West Indies, the leaves of this root crop are used in the Trinidadian version of the dish.
- Tannia or malanga (Xanthosoma) called calalu in Puerto Rico
- Amaranth species include Amaranthus spinosus used in the West Indies; A. flavus is a yellow variety used in Brazil and known as caruru; Amaranthus viridis in Jamaica
- Pokeweed species, Phytolacca octandra or "West Indian foxglove" (no relation to garden foxglove, genus Digitalis)
- Nightshade species, Solanum americanum
- Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica; a form of morning glory)
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