Dioscorea cinnamomifolia
Dioscoreaceae FAMILY

Dioscorea cinnamomifolia

Dioscorea cinnamomifolia

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dioscorea cinnamomifolia is a climbing, perennial plant, producing annual stems from a perennial rootstock. These stems scramble over the ground, or twine into the surrounding vegetation[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The edible tuber is gathered from the wild for local use[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ], and the plant is occasionally cultivated in Brazil for obtaining flour[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - eastern and southern Brazil.
HabitatNot known