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Showing posts with label Elephant foot Yam. Show all posts

Monday

The Plant With a Strange Name - Elephant foot Yam

Elephant foot Yam
The Elephant foot Yam comes out of the ground.
It seems to be someone planted a dragon tooth in the soil!



Elephant foot Yam
Two Elephant foot Yam plants come out of the ground.



Elephant foot Yam
The plant comes out of it's protective covering.



Elephant foot Yam
Elephant foot Yam plants.



Elephant foot Yam
Two Elephant foot Yam plants. The cooked tubers are
used as food.



Elephant foot Yam
Elephant foot Yam plants.



Elephant foot Yam
The stem of the Elephant foot Yam plant, has different
shades of green.
Other names of Elephant foot Yam plant
(Amorphophallus paeoniifolius):
Stink lily, Senai Kilangu, Suran.


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Elephant foot Yam. (Upside down view)

Links (External)
1. Elephant foot Yam plants - davesgarden.com
2. Elephant foot yam - Wikipedia
2. Tuber - Wikipedia
3. Elephant foot Yam tuber fry - sulekha.com