芋(Colocasia esculenta Schort)在加蓬共和国久经栽培,但球茎品质差。1974年,我们引入我国著名芋种——广西荔浦芋,1975年在加蓬北部的乌鲁丹(Woleu-N’ecm)省试种成功,生势甚旺,品质特优,亩产8331.2斤,最高单株重30.06斤。当年被列为加蓬独立节游行产品,深受群众欢迎,迅速成为推广种植 Colocasia esculenta Schort has long been cultivated in the Republic of Gabon but with poor bulb quality. In 1974, we introduced the well-known taro species of our country, Guangxi Lipu Taro, and succeeded in trial planting in Woleu-N’ecm Province in northern Gabon in 1975. It has a very prosperous and excellent quality with an output of 8331.2 kg per mu , The highest single weight 30.06 kg. That year was listed as Gabon’s Independence Day parade products, welcomed by the masses, quickly became the promotion of planting