Dioscorea nako

H. Perrier

DioscoreaceaeRoots

Dioscorea nako

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Dioscorea nako

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(c) Guy Eric Onjalalaina, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Tuber, Root

The tubers and roots are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, East Africa, 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 tropical yam in the family Dioscoreaceae, grown for its edible tubers and roots.

Names & Synonyms

Babona, Bako, Nako

Dioscorea mako H. Perrier

References (1)

Campbell, G., 2012, David Griffths and the Missionary "History of Madagascar: p 513

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