Dioscorea ovinala
Bak.
Angily, Ovinala
DioscoreaceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Tuber
Dioscorea ovinala is important to the Malagasy people as food and medicine. This species is also used as a starch source.
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 yam.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Dioscorea ovinala is a species of yam in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar and grows mostly in dry deciduous forests.
Other Information
It is cultivated.
Names & Synonyms
Angaroka, Angaroky, Oviala, Ovy, Viala
References (3)
- 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.
- Stiles, D., 1998, The Mikea Hunter-Gatherers of Southwest Madagascar: Ecology and Socioeconomics. African Study Monographs, 19(3): 127-148, November 1998
- Zeven, A. C. & de West, J. M. J., 1982, Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity. Wageningen. p 125
