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Old 10-12-2015, 06:20 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: What is this? Giant root?

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Originally Posted by Omaha_Banana View Post
I ended up cutting it off and potting the plant. I still don't know what it is. Googling turned up nothing. There's another one on there that's smaller.

I think it's a Thai Black plant.
Many tropical roots are edible; I wonder if this one is. (Think elephant ears--eddo roots. Don't laugh! Someone somewhere ate the 1st yam and Irish spud. And, of course, the tomato.)
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