Dioscorea composita

Botanical Description

Dioscorea composita is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant producing annual stems from a tuberous rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground or twine into nearby plants for support[ 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 tubers have medicinal properties and are sometimes gathered from the wild for local use. The plant is sometimes cultivated as a crop[ 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. ].