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Purple Yam

Dioscorea alata

Photo by Anthony8
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34.6875, -82.8372

Field Notes

Description:

Purple yam. An invasive vine. The yam portion is a tuber underground. These potato looking things are the fruit.

Habitat:

Woods

Notes:

I checked this species out on USDA Plants Database and there is no record of it in South Carolina. I guess I've proved its here if it is actually Dioscorea alata

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PublishedSeptember 9, 2013

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