Anredera diffusa

(Moq.) Sperling

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Tubers

The tubers are edible.

It is a tropical plant.

Andes, Central America, Ecuador, Peru, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical vine in the Basellaceae family.

Names & Synonyms

Basella diffusa Ruiz & Pav. ex Moq.Boussingaultia diffusa (Moq.) Volkensand others

References (1)

Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 74