Saturday, March 28, 2009

Tapioca, roots and shoots.

We took home a few cuttings of tapioca, known here as ubi kayu. It took quite some time for the roots and the plants to spring into action in this unfamiliar soil. In the end they grew and grew, and of course we cut off the shoots from time to time for salad or ulam.... Tapioca shoots has to be boiled first!... Wait a while longer, roots become big, and full of starch ....

6 plants of the long leaved type and 4 plants with slightly broader leaves (ubi kuning to folks here). .......


Broad leaved tapioca

Broad leaved tapioca

long leaved tapioca
as ulam, this is the best.

long leaved tapioca

2 comments:

  1. Great pictures. i love to come to your blog to see all the plants. My garden is under 3 inches of snow at this moment.

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  2. David .... thanks,

    How I wish we could see snow flakes falling from the sky once in a while here in Malaysia... So David, enjoy the snow before spring comes..

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