Dioscorea debilis

Uline ex R. Knuth

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Tubers, Roots

The tubers and roots are eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Brazil, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical yam occasionally cultivated for food, belonging to a genus containing approximately 650 species.

It is occasionally cultivated.

Names & Synonyms

Dioscorea debilis var. sagittifolia Uline ex R. Knuth

References (2)

Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agrocultural and Horticultural Crops. Hanelt, P. (ed) p 2159
Vul'f & Meleeva, 1969, 566pp