Dioscorea cinnamomifolia
Hooker
Cara acu
Dioscoreaceae Edible: Tubers, Root
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Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (RBR)
Description
A yam. It is a climbing plant that keeps growing from year to year. It produces annual stems from a large rootstock. The stems are scrambling or twining.
Edible Uses
The tuber is eaten after repeated boiling, washing, and baking.
Traditional Uses
The tuber is eaten after repeated boiling, washing and baking.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. In Argentina it grows below 300 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Argentina, Asia, Brazil, Himalayas, India, Paraguay, South America,
Other Information
It is occasionally cultivated.
Notes
There are about 650 species of Dioscorea.
References (5)
- Chu, E. P., Figueiredo-Ribeiro, R. C. L., 1991, Native and Exotic Species of Dioscorea Used as Food In Brazil. Economic Botany, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 467-479 (Also as Dioscorea tuberosa)
- GUPTA, (As Dioscorea tuberosa)
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 547 (As Rajania brasiliensis)
- 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 307
- Lim, T. K., 2015, Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants. Volume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs. Springer p 38
