malanga

Any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma

The edible tuber of these plants, some of which have medicinal value

malanga

: ... mentre Ursula e i bambini si rompevano la schiena nell’orto per coltivare il banano e la malanga, la manica e l’igname, la ahuyama e la melanzana. — Cent’anni di solitudine by Gabriel García Márquez, translated from Spanish by Enrico Cicogna; ISBN 88-04-48336-9; page 12, line 21