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Description
This auction is for Homegrown Edible White Taro Baby Plant X 10
The taro on the photo 2-5 are what we planted and harvested in the garden earlier this year.
The leaves and thick root/corm can be eaten.
Taro is a starch-rich, globular fleshy taproot of aroid family plants. Its underground root, known as corm, is one of the popular edible root vegetables in large parts Asia, Pacific islands, West Africa, and Amazonian regions of South America. They carry high-quality phyto-nutrition profile comprising of dietary fiber, and antioxidants in addition to moderate proportions of minerals, and vitamins.
Taro is one of the finest sources dietary fibers, together with slow digesting complex carbohydrates, moderate amounts of fiber in the food help gradual rise in blood sugar levels.
Consumption of natural foods rich in flavonoids helps protect from lung and oral cavity cancers.
It also contains good levels of some of the valuable B-complex group of vitamins such as pyridoxine (vitamin B-6), folates, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, and thiamin.
Further, the corms provide healthy amounts of some of important minerals like zinc, magnesium, copper, iron, and manganese. In addition, the root has very good amounts of potassium. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that help regulate heart rate and blood pressure.
I have more if you want.
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Shipping & pick-up options
Destination & description | Price | |
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Within Auckland exclude rural address | $6.00 | |
Within Auckland for rural address | $9.90 | |
North Island exclude rural address | $9.00 | |
North Island for rural address | $12.90 | |
South Island exclude rural address | $14.00 | |
North Island for rural address | $17.90 |
Seller does not allow pick-ups
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NZ Bank Deposit