Dioscorea elephantipes (CHOICE) XERO inconspicuous leaves

inconspicuous leaves

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Mother of Thousands

it's well represented in cultivation and widely produced from seed

Dioscorea elephantipes (CHOICE) XERO inconspicuous leavesRelated to the yam, Dioscorea elephantipes is the worlds most special potato. Some extremely old plants in habitat have been recorded reaching up to 7 feet in diameter. Although most Dioscorea in cultivation are much smaller, they are no less impressiveshooting off a vine that grows faster than you can water it. Because this species was almost harvested to extinction in the 1950s, and due to the fact that it grows very slowly, a specimen this large is