Air Potato (Edible)
Dioscorea bulbifera
Non-native
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Size: Up to 150' high vine
Identification
Identification
Food and health uses
Food and health uses
Aerial bulbils of this air potato are edible
Very closely related to the invasive air potato which is not edible
More information
More information
Edible Air Potato Vine on Gliricidia Tree at Permaculture Area
Edible Air Potato Leaves
Edible Air Potato Leaves
Edible Air Potato Fruit
The angular shape distinguishes it from the inedible Wild Air Potato
'Wings' where leaf petiole emerges from stem help to distinguish
Edible Air Potato from Wild Air Potato (which is invasive and inedible)