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Latest revision as of 22:39, 26 March 2024
Known location:
Paradise River
Expanded Information[1]
- Air tubers (potatoes) are not actually of the potato family but are in fact, yams.
- There are cultivars grown as crops that you can eat, but they have a very bitter taste that is removed by boiling.
- Both the underground tubers and aerial bulbils may contain a variety of toxic compounds. One of these compounds is called diosgenin and it is used to make synthetic steroids for the pharmaceutical industry.
- They reproduce as clones. Even the tiniest bulbil can sprout a new plant.
- As the vines grow up, out and around, they twine and twirl in a counter-clockwise pattern.
Note
- ↑ Additional information added post Menai
