Photo: Dioscorea bulbifera 1.

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Photo: Dioscorea bulbifera 1.

Elegant new growth. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2001-08-07.


Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Engl.: air yam, aerial yam, air potato, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam.
Deu.: Kartoffelyam.
Suom.: jamssi.
Sven.: potatisjams.
Bot. syn.: Dioscorea anthropophagorum A.Chev., Dioscorea crispata Roxb., Dioscorea heterophylla Roxb., Dioscorea hoffa Cordem., Dioscorea hofika Jum. & H.Perrier, Dioscorea korrorensis R.Knuth, Dioscorea latifolia Benth., Dioscorea longipetiolata Baudon, Dioscorea perrieri R.Knuth, Dioscorea pulchella Roxb., Dioscorea rogersii Prain & Burkill, Dioscorea tamifolia Salisb., Dioscorea tenuiflora Schltdl., Dioscorea violacea Baudon, Helmia bulbifera (L.) Kunth, Polynome bulbifera (L.) Salisb.