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Air potato

dioscorea bulbifera

Description:

prolific vine with large heart-shaped leaves. and produces tubers resembling potatoes along its stems

Habitat:

spotted in botanical garden (and many other wooded areas)

Notes:

Dioscorea bulbifera

1 Species ID Suggestions

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago
Air Potato
Dioscorea bulbifera Dioscorea bulbifera


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3 Comments

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

I'm pretty sure that they know. At least they have been able to get the 'pepper' trees under control.

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

If you spotted it in a botanical garden...maybe you should tell them...it's a bad exotic pest.

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

This plant is a terrible pest in Florida.

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Melbourne, Florida, USA

Spotted on Jun 10, 2011
Submitted on Jun 10, 2011

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