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Dioscorea elephantipes
Elephant's Foot Yam; Hottentot-Bread

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DERIVATION
Dioscorea - Named for Pedanios Dioscorides, first century Greek pharmacologist
elephantipes - Elephant foot (stem)
FAMILY Dioscoreaceae (Yam Family)  Other Plants in the Yam Family
HABIT Herbaceous
RANGE South Africa
COMMON NAME(S) Elephant's Foot Yam | Hottentot-Bread

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Key 		Accession
Number		 Year Location
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Map		 761492*1 1976 Greenhouse

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