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Air potato

dioscorea bulbifera

Photo by auntnance123
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Field Notes

Description:

prolific vine with large heart-shaped leaves. and produces tubers resembling potatoes along its stems

Habitat:

spotted in botanical garden (and many other wooded areas)

Notes:

Dioscorea bulbifera

Species ID Suggestions

Air Potato

Dioscorea bulbifera

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Comments (3)
auntnance123
I'm pretty sure that they know. At least they have been able to get the 'pepper' trees under control.
ceherzog
If you spotted it in a botanical garden...maybe you should tell them...it's a bad exotic pest.
ceherzog
This plant is a terrible pest in Florida.
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PublishedJune 10, 2011

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