Dioscorea trichantha
Baker
DioscoreaceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Root, Tuber
The roots and tubers 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 yam of the Dioscoreaceae family found in tropical regions.
Names & Synonyms
Bako, Keliloha, Oviala, Ovy ala
Dioscorea heteropoda var. heteropoda
References (2)
- malagasyword.org
- Porcher, V., et al, 2022, Growing up in the Betsileo landscape: Children’s wild edible plants knowledge in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 17(2): e0264147.
