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Dioscorea alata

Dioscorea alata L.  [Unverified Identification]


Family Dioscoreaceae
Habit Vine
Habitat Terrestrial
Special Notes It has enlarged roots that are used for food such as ube jam
Ethnobotanical Uses FOOD: tubers and stems used to make coffee;
Collected from San Pascual, Tuba, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Collector(s) Johanna S. Ulita

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