Dioscorea bemarivensis
Jum. & H. Perrier
Trengitrengy
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Tuber, Root
The tuber and roots are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. In Madagascar it grows in seasonally dry forests along the western region.
Africa, Assumption atoll, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Madagascar,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A yam. The vine is long. It spreads along the ground. It twines to the left. The leaves are alternate with leaflets arranged like fingers on a hand. There are 3-5 leaflets. They are shiny green. There can be bulbils along the vine.
Nutrition Score: 6/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubers | 62.9 | — | — | 1.1 | — | — | — | — |
Names & Synonyms
Elakelaka, Ovitsimanandena
Dioscorea madagascariensis R. KnuthDioscorea majungensis R. KnuthDioscorea nesiotis Hemsl.
References (3)
- Jeannoda, V. H., 2016, Plants at risk of extinction: the case of some Madagascar wild yam species ( Dioscorea spp.) SOTWP-2016
- Jeannoda, V. H. et al, 2007, Les Ignames (Dioscorea spp.) de Madagascar: Revue d’Ecologie, Terre et Vie, Soci ́et ́e nationale de protection de la nature, 2007, 62, pp.191- 207.
- 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
