Tacca leontopetaloides
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Tacca leontopetaloides is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae. It is native to the islands of Southeast Asia. Austronesian peoples introduced it as a canoe plant throughout th
Tacca leontopetaloides MS 6484
Tuber.
Inflorescence (umbel)
Flower with 6 tepals, 6 stamens and 3-lobed stigma
Dioscorea alata
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Dioscorea alata – also called ube, ubi, uwhi, purple yam, winged yam, or greater yam, among many other names – is a species of yam. The tubers are usually a vivid violet-purple to bright lavender, but
Tacca leontopetaloides
…was a minor staple among Austronesians. The roots are bitter if not prepared properly, thus it was only cultivated as a secondary crop to staples like Dioscorea alata and Colocasia esculenta. Its importance increased for settlers in the Pacific Islands, where food plants were scarcer, and it was introduced to virtually…
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Harvested purple yam tubers
Aerial bulbil of a white variety of D. alata
Ube and muscovado piayas from the Philippines