Queensland arrowroot. An edible starch from a canna closely related to canna lilies. This was a pre-Conquest Inca food plant and may be found in Peru and Ecuador and has spread to be used in India and as far as Australia. It is a versatile plant of which the green shoots may be eaten as a vegetable, the rhizome, which is large, round and red, can be eaten raw. It is also described as a fleshy underground stem. It may also be prepared in the same way as a potato or used in the same ways as flour. It is a great source of easily digested carbohydrate. This ideal plant is easy to grow and to harvest. The tubers are hardy and multiply readily in good soil.
Sago. It is made from the viscous sap of a tall palm tree. It is collected in the same way as rubber, by making an incision in the trunk.
Sago. It is made from the viscous sap of a tall palm tree. It is collected in the same way as rubber, by making an incision in the trunk.
Sago. It is made from the viscous sap of a tall palm tree. It is collected in the same way as rubber, by making an incision in the trunk.
