Elephant's foot yam: Elephant's foot yam (Botanical name: Dioscorea elephantipes - Dioscorea family) is a species of tuberous plants of the genus Dioscorea. She is originally from southwestern South Africa, including the Cape region.
It is nicknamed Elephant's Foot because of its large tuberous stalk, which grows very slowly, but can reach a considerable size, up to 3 m in circumference and 1 m in height.
It is rich in starch, hence its other nickname ...
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