Dioscorea glandulosa
(Griseb.) Klotzsch ex Kunth
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Description
A yam. It is a climbing plant producing annual stems from an underground rootstock or tuber. The stems twine around other plants. The tubers are small and round.
Edible Uses
The tubers are cooked and eaten, requiring long cooking times.
Traditional Uses
The tubers are cooked and eaten. They need cooking for a long time.
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Medicinal Uses
The tubers are traditionally cooked and eaten.
Distribution
A tropical plant. In Argentina it grows below 800 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, South America,
Other Information
It is a cultivated yam.
Notes
There are about 650 species of Dioscorea.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Karante
References (5)
- Enum. pl. 5:352. 1850
- Carretero, A. L., 2005, Useful Plants and Traditional knowledge in the Rucumano-Boliviano Forest. M.Sc. thesis. University of Aarhus-Denmark. (As Dioscorea multispicata)
- 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 (As Dioscorea triangularis)
- Fern, K., 2012, Tropical Species Database http://theferns.info/tropical/
- Kew Plants of the World Online
