Dioscorea semperflorens
Uline
Dioscoreaceae Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils, Leaves
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Description
A tropical yam vine cultivated in humid rainforest clearings of Congo, producing long, thin tubers that develop annually along with edible bulbils on the vines. It is a popular yam species in the Congo region.
Edible Uses
The tubers, roots, bulbils, and leaves are all edible portions of the plant.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in secondary clearings in rainforest in Congo. It suits humid locations.
Where It Grows
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo DR, Congo R,
Production
Tubers are hard to harvest.
Other Information
It is a popular yam in Congo. It is a cultivated plant.
Notes
There are about 650 species of Dioscorea.
Synonyms
Dioscorea hypotricha UlineDioscorea schlechteri Harms [Invalid]
Also Known As
Essouma, Esuma, Mfouessela, Mpeso
References (10)
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- http://aflora.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 15
- Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agrocultural and Horticultural Crops. Hanelt, P. (ed) p 2160
- Moutsambote, J., 1996, Vegetation forestiere et plantes alimentaires de la region de la Sangha. Chp. 11 of Bien Manger et Bien Vivre. ORSTOM p 119
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- Nkeoua, G. & Boundzanga, G. C., 1999, Donnees sur les produits forestieres non ligneux en Republique du Congo. FAO. p 25
- Sato, H., 2001, The potential of edible wild yams and yam-like plants as a staple food resource in the African Tropical Rain Forest. African Study Monographs Suppl. 26:123-134
- Yasuoka, H., 2006, Long-Term Foraging Expeditions (Molongo) among the Baka Hunter-Gatherers in the Northwestern Congo Basin, with Special Reference to the "Wild Yam Question". Human Ecology, Vol. 34, No. 2, April 2006, pp 275 ff
- Yasuoka, H., 2009, Concentrated Distribution of Wild Yam Patches: Historical Ecology and the Subsistence of African Rainforest Hunter-Gatherers. Human Ecology 37:577-587
- Zeven, A. C. & de West, J. M. J., 1982, Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity. Wageningen. p 126
