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tjewehan, sahuen, yang-meydngan, wuluhan, lintabueng, 

 jang-ujdngan, mese-mae, Idkar, esa-esa, wdru-wdri, sowa- 

 sowdne, agusdis, asdhas, hagusdis, dumhug. 



c. Types of bamboo shoots. — There are many different 

 kinds of bamboo in Malaysia and a few in Polynesia. They 

 occur often in great abundance in the open country and in 

 the jungles and forests. The young shoots appear from 

 near the bases of the older stalks and their growth is very 

 rapid. All of them may be cooked and eaten when young, 

 although in a few species the shoots are too bitter to be 

 palatable. The surrounding, often hairy sheaths, are re- 

 moved and the more or less tender inner parts are cut into 

 small pieces and boiled, or the whole shoot may be roasted. 



Section IX 



EDIBLE TUBERS 



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1 19. Edible Tubers. — a. Sweet potato ilpomoea batatas). — 

 The sweet potato is widely cultivated throughout the Old 

 World Tropics as a staple article of food. It may be identi- 

 fied by its pink flowers or the shape of its leaf. In addition 

 to the edible tubers (these may be eaten raw or cooked), 

 the young shoots and leaves make an excellent pot herb or 

 substitute for spinach. Local names: Kamote, kumdra, ubi- 

 djdwa, batdta, petdtas, gddong, gddung, eba, piek, kepileu, 

 gowi, katila, ketela, kesela, kastena, kastela, pildoe, pelo, tela, 

 sdbhrang, hiwu-djdwa, watdta, bdge, atetela, wui-tutu, uwi, 

 Idme-djdwa, kandora, ufi-sina, sdne, nom-metai, bloini, uru, 

 urlau, mvi-kastela, mdngat, ddso, rdnso, mue, sabakruwa, 

 ningoi, kdv, gumi, gumini, bowon, ima, kdpu. 



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