Emergency food plants and poisonous plants of the islands of the Pacific (1943) (20667423263)

Title: Emergency food plants and poisonous plants of the islands of the Pacific
Identifier: emergencyfoodpla00merr (find matches)
Year: 1943 (1940s)
Authors: Merrill, Elmer Drew, 1876-1956; United States. War Dept
Subjects: Plants, Edible -- Islands of the Pacific; Poisonous plants
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : U. S. Govt. Print. Office
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library



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Figure 22.—Bulb yam (Dioscorea bulbifera). enormously in shape and size, sometimes rather small, some- times weighing up to 30 pounds. The flesh varies from white to purple. An excellent food boiled or roasted. Local names: Ubi, uhi, ufi, ui-pdrai, uvi, uwi, huwi, heri, heli, lame, lutu, gusu, dago. d. Bulb yam (Dioscorea bulbifera).—^This twining vine has smooth stems. It grows in thickets, and is sometimes cul- tivated. Usually fairly large, round, rather hard bulbs are 34