Dioscoreaceae |
Dioscorea elephantipes (Herit.) Engl.
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- Common Name: Elephant's Foot, Hottentot-Bread
- Family: Dioscoreaceae R. Br.
- Country of Origin: South Africa
- Habitat: semi-arid bush
- Description: Grown as a curiosity in the desert garden (USDA Zone 10) or in the greenhouse; tuber contains saponins, originally cooked and eaten as a famine food by the Hottentots.
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   Accession Data:- Accession # 198502808
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1302 - Xeric Woody Plants, Caudiciforms
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 01-28-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Dioscoreales
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- Family: Dioscoreaceae
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