Yam, elephant
Also known as Ol kachu, Ol, Elephant foot yam, Whitespot giant arum, Suran, Zimikandha, Suvarna gadda, Shriew hati, Chena, Haa, Zimikand, Karunai kizhangu, Kandha dumpa. Food group: Roots and Tubers. Vegetarian.
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Yam, elephant in Indian languages
| Assamese | Ol kachu |
| Bengali | Ol |
| English | Elephant foot yam, Whitespot giant arum |
| Gujarati | Suran |
| Hindi | Zimikandha |
| Kannada | Suvarna gadda |
| Khasi | Shriew hati |
| Malayalam | Chena |
| Manipuri | Haa |
| Marathi | Suran |
| Odia | Suran |
| Punjabi | Zimikand |
| Tamil | Karunai kizhangu |
| Telugu | Kandha dumpa |
Regional names as recorded by ICMR-NIN in the Indian Food Composition Tables.
Source for composition: ICMR-NIN, Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (IFCT 2017), code F017 — values not reproduced. IFCT's licence does not allow its tables to be republished electronically, so we cite the record instead.
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