Dracontium polyphyllum.
Botanical name:
Dracontium polyphyllum Linn. Aroideae.
South America. The roots serve as food to the natives of the Pacific isles.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
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