Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
August,  19 19. 
}  Notes  on  the  Dasheen  and  Chayote. 
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increasing  demand  by  the  populace  of  many  sections  have  encour- 
aged their  commercial  cultivation  to  a  limited  degree.  It  may  be 
safe  to  predict,  however,  that  when  the  delicacy  of  their  flavor  be- 
comes more  generally  known,  they  will  be  cultivated  to  such  an  ex- 
tent, as  to  be  common  articles  of  our  markets  alongside  of  the  potato 
and  the  squash. 
The  Trinidad  Dasheen. 
The  Trinidad  dasheen  was  introduced  into  the  United  States 
from  the  island  of  Trinidad,  West  Indies.    Its  native  home  was 
Fig.  1.  Trinidad  Dasheen  plant,  Colocasia  esculenta  (L.)  Schott,  of  three 
months'  growth,  raised  in  the  greenhouse  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy.    X  %. 
probably  China,  partly  because  the  taro  varieties  closely  allied  to  it 
have  been  found  growing  in  that  country  and  partly  because  its 
