Cultivated in homesteads The plant is grown primarily for its edible tubers. The tuberous roots are .P/OAF useful in anorexia, dyspepsia, constipation, EUQEEFAR .M/OAF
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The plant is grown primarily for its edible tubers. The tuberous roots are .P/OAF useful in anorexia, dyspepsia, constipation, EUQEEFAR .M/OAF
Shrubs, stem with prominent leaf scar. Leaves palmately lobed, lobes 7-18 × 2.6-5.5 cm, oblanceolate, base cuneate, apex shortly acuminate; petiole 12-23 cm long, light greenish to red. Inflorescence lax, with 3-5 together in fascicles. Male flowers: perianth divided to halfway or more, greenish-white with reddish-white bands inside; anthers yellow; disc yellow to light orange. Female flowers: perianth green with red margin and midrib; disc pink; ovary with 6 longitudinal ridges. Capsule ca. 2.5 cm across, subglobose, 3-winged when young, smooth later. Seeds up to 12 mm long.