Dioscorea mayottensis

Wilkin

Mitrou, Oviala

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Tuber, Root

The tubers and roots are eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Comoros, Mayotte,

Countries: Comoros

A yam in the Dioscoreaceae family, a tropical plant with edible tubers and roots.

References (1)

Wilkin, P. et al, 2007, A new edible yam (Dioscorea L.) species endemic to Mayotte, new data on D. comorensis R. Knuth and a key to the yams of the Comoro Archipelago. Adansonia ser. 3, 29(2): 215-228