| ID | 473 |
| Crop ID | Potato Yam |
| Part | Tuber |
| Use Category | Food |
| Notes | The plant is often cultivated in tropical areas, mainly for its edible aerial bulbs. Aerial tubers should be cooked.An agreeable taste, they can be boiled, baked, fried etc. They must be thoroughly cooked in order to destroy toxic alkaloids. Wild forms of the plant are always toxic raw, though selected cultivars have been developed that are much lower, or even free from, the toxins. |
| Metadata ID | 7,724 |