Dioscorea alata
Uses
India (Madras Presidency): cooked tubers eaten. (Maharashtra [Raigad district]: tubers and bulbils eaten raw after cleaning. Samoa: cooked roots eaten. Tanzania: unspecified part [tuber?] eaten, in the Rufiji, Kilway and Mtwara areas. Thailand (northeast): tuber eaten.
Additional Information
- Name Authority:
- L.
- Vernaculars:
- Hindi [Sanskrit?]: Dukharkand. Tamil: Yams kalung. Telugu: Niluva pendalum. Samoa: Ufi vao.
