Arjona tuberosa

Botanical Description

Arjona tuberosa is a herbaceous, perennial plant with one to several, branched or unbranched stems about 20cm tall growing from a fusiform rootstock. A number of oblong tubers around 20mm long are produced on small roots growing from the main root[ 1078 Title The Journal of the Linnean Society Botany Vol 17 Publication Author Publisher Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer; London Year 1880 ISBN Description Contains an early treatment of the genus Arjona. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.