The Plant With a Strange Name - Elephant foot Yam

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




Two Elephant foot Yam plants come out of the ground.




The plant comes out of it's protective covering.




Elephant foot Yam plants.




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




Elephant foot Yam plants.




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.

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

Money Plant - (With Animation)

Please Click the images to see a simple animation.
(Photobucket.com)
I have tried to show some depth by providing simple animation
of the Money Plant.


Money plant's leaves becomes bigger, when they grow higher on
a tree. Money plants are generally resistant to pests. They are
resistant to mealy bugs. They are propagated by cuttings.



Another animation of moving
leaves of money plant.(size-320x240)
Click the Image.
This photo was taken in a dry season. So
it looks not so green as the first one!




Color changing money plant leaf- (size-470x365)
Animation.

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