SPECIMEN / DIOSCOREACEAE

Dioscorea elephantipes

Elephant's Foot, Tortoise Back Plant

Origin to be documented

Dioscorea elephantipes, the elephant's foot yam or Hottentot bread, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Dioscorea of the family Dioscoreaceae, native to the dry interior of South Africa.

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Botanical family

Dioscoreaceae

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