Araceae tannia), "Typhonium trilobatum" and "Monstera deliciosa" (Mexican breadfruit). While the aroids are little traded, and overlooked by plant breeders to the extent that the Crop Trust calls them "orphan crops", they are widely grown and are important in subsistence agriculture and in local markets. The main food product is the corm, which is high in starch; leaves and flowers also find culinary use. List of foliage plant diseases (Araceae) Araceae The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes
Actinidia deliciosa Actinidia deliciosa Actinidia deliciosa, fuzzy kiwifruit or mangüeyo is a fruiting vine native to southern China, the fruit of which has been declared the national fruit of that country. Other species of "Actinidia" are also found in China and range east to Japan and north into southern areas of Russian Far East. This species grows naturally at altitudes between 600 and 2,000 m. "Actinidia deliciosa" is a vigorous, woody, twining vine or climbing shrub reaching 9 m. The black-lyre leafroller moth ("“Cnephasia” jactatana") is one of the few commercially significant pests of this plant. Its leaves are alternate, long-petioled, deciduous,