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Dioscoreaceae

Dioscorea elephantipes (Herit.) Engl.

  • Query IPNI
  • 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.
  • USDA Zone: 10
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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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