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Plant Amorphophallus campanulatus (Araceae)

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Common name(s)
Elephant-Foot Yam
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
5 ALUMINUM Root 4.0 18.0 -0.30 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Root 15.0 279.0 -0.49 *
0 ASH Root 3100.0 66000.0 -0.04 *
0 ASH Shoot -- 163000.0 1.40 *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Root 0.0 6.8 -0.39 *
4 BORON Root 1.7 7.7 -0.60 *
28 CALCIUM Root 260.0 5720.0 -0.18 *
28 CALCIUM Shoot -- 15200.0 0.03 *
4 CALCIUM-OXALATE Root 3820.0 17200.0 0.25 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Root 184000.0 856000.0 0.33 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Shoot -- 651000.0 0.34 *
0 CITRATES Root 2560.0 11530.0 0.86 *
12 COPPER Root 1.8 8.0 -0.41 *
0 FAT Shoot -- 33000.0 -0.26 *
0 FAT Root 600.0 16000.0 -0.23 *
15 FIBER Root 7000.0 65315.0 -0.51 *
15 FIBER Shoot -- 142000.0 -0.40 *
6 IRON Root 5.0 112.0 -0.28 *
0 KILOCALORIES Root 771.0 3770.0 0.89 *
65 MAGNESIUM Root 220.0 3120.0 0.30 *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.