WitrynaWays to eat. Kūmara is a very versatile vegetable; it can be mashed, barbecued, used in soups, stir fries, pies, quiches, braises or stews; cooked as chips or wedges or baked … WitrynaIn Māori mythology, Rongo or Rongo-mā-Tāne (also Rongo-hīrea, Rongo-marae-roa, [1] and Rongo-marae-roa-a-Rangi [2]) is a major god ( atua) of cultivated plants, especially kumara (spelled kūmara in …
Ancient and historic dispersals of sweet potato in Oceania
WitrynaKumara has been radiocarbon-dated in the Cook Islands to 1000 AD, and current thinking is that it was brought to central Polynesia circa 700 AD, possibly by Polynesians who had traveled to South America and … WitrynaThe evolutionary relationships of four eukaryotic kingdoms—Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protista—remain unclear. In particular, statistical support for the closeness of animals to fungi rather than to plants is lacking, and a preferred branching order of these and other eukaryotic lineages is still controversial even though molecular sequences … flamco flexvent automata légtelenítő 3/8
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The origin and domestication of sweet potato occurred in either Central or South America. In Central America, domesticated sweet potatoes were present at least 5,000 years ago, with the origin of I. batatas possibly between the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico and the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela. The cultigen was most likely spread by local people to the Caribbean and South A… WitrynaThis famous oriori from the East Coast is of pre-European origin . The kumara or sweet potato was a treasured food, an essential item at feasts and on other important occasions. Elaborate ritual usages were observed during its cultivation, and various myths explained its origin and nature. The Polynesian ancestors of Māori brought kūmara (sweet potato) with them as a food plant when they arrived in New Zealand in the 13th century. It is believed that early Polynesians had voyaged to South America, and took kūmara from there to Polynesia. Zobacz więcej The climate in New Zealand was much cooler than the tropical islands of Polynesia. Kūmara would not grow in the winter – instead, it had to be stored and planted out again when the weather warmed up. … Zobacz więcej Māori developed large kūmara gardens, often on sloping, sunny land. They grew the plants in mounds of soil, adding sand and gravel to make it drain better. Fences protected the … Zobacz więcej Kūmara were cooked in hāngī(earth ovens), boiled, or steamed. Small tubers were sometimes dried in the sun. Zobacz więcej Kūmara tubers were harvested around March. They were stored in underground pits over winter, so some could be eaten and the rest planted out in the next spring. Zobacz więcej flamco mikrobuborék leválasztó