Dioscorea triphylla
(Blanco.) Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
DioscoreaceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Tubers, Root
The tubers and roots are eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant.
Asia, Brazil, Himalayas, India, Nepal, South America,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bhutan, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Georgia, French Guiana, Guyana, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Suriname, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A tropical yam in the Dioscoreaceae family.
Notes
There are about 650 species of Dioscorea. Not in The Plant List.
References (2)
- Bhandari, M. R., Kasi, T. and Kawabata, J., 2003, Nutritional evaluation of wild yam (Dioscorea spp.) tubers of Nepal. Food Chemistry 82:619-623
- WATT,
