Dioscorea togoensis
Kunth
Small-leaved yam
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Bulbils
The bulbils are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the savannah and dry forest.
Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, West Africa,
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. It is a weak climber. They vines are 2 m long. They twine right-handed. There are bulbils aong the stems. The tuber is slender and deep rooted.
Names & Synonyms
Dioscorea caillei A. Chev. ex De Wild.
References (2)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew.
- Idohou, I., et al, 2013, National inventory and prioritization of crop wild relatives: case study for Benin. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2013) 60:1337–1352
