| From America, the tannia or yautia reached West Africa, which is now the major producer. |
| First she prepares the outside of the cake, a sticky batter of ground plantains, green bananas, yuca, pumpkin, potato and yautia — a distant cousin of the taro root. |
| Tannia, also known as yautia, is consumed by the 'indigenous populations', and it is highly appreciated because of its rhizomes and leaves. |
| The root can be milled into flour, since yautia is very hypoallergenic food and also high in calories. |
| The malanga, or yautia, is a root vegetable,, which resembles a yam. |
| A week earlier, DNCD officials intercepted a shipment of drugs hidden in sweet potatoes and yautia at the Autopista Duarte toll area. |
