Air potato

Air potato

Scientific name: Dioscorea bulbifera L.

Local name: ‘Goshalu’, ‘Mas alu’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981)

KingdomPlantae
DivisionMagnoliophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderDiocoriales
FamilyDioscoreaceae
GenusDioscorea
SpeciesD. bulbifera L.

Botanical Description

 

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Habitat: Climber, found wild or domesticated.

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Stem: angled, leaf cordate, flesh white.

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Economic Importance: Tubers are roasted, cooked as vegetable and as pig fodder. It is also used as medicinal purpose of various diseases like leprosy, asthma, cough, cold, tuberculosis, contraceptive, constipation, indigestion, abdominal pain.

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