∙ Background and Aims Dioscorea alata is a polyploid species with a ploidy level ranging from diploid (2n = 2x = 40) to tetraploid (2n = 4x = 80). Ploidy increase is correlated with better agronomic ...
India (Madras Presidency): cooked tubers eaten. (Maharashtra [Raigad district]: tubers and bulbils eaten raw after cleaning. Samoa: cooked roots eaten. Tanzania: unspecified part [tuber?] eaten, in ...
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