Curculigo orchioides.
Botanical name:
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. Amaryllideae.
Tropical Asia. In the Mariana Islands, the roots are eaten.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
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