Dioscorea soso
Jum. & H. Perrier
DioscoreaceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Tubers, Root
The watery tuber is eaten.
Where to Find It
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 with a very long tuber found in tropical regions. It has been cultivated as a food plant.
Other Information
It has been a cultivated plant.
Notes
There are about 650 species of Dioscorea.
Names & Synonyms
Bemandry
Dioscorea soso var. calvescens Burkill & H. PerrierDioscorea soso var. mollis Burkill & H. PerrierDioscorea soso var. prorsicarpa Burkill & H. Perrier
References (3)
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 15
- Jeannoda, V. H., 2016, Plants at risk of extinction: the case of some Madagascar wild yam species ( Dioscorea spp.) SOTWP-2016
- Zeven, A. C. & de West, J. M. J., 1982, Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity. Wageningen. p 126
