Dioscorea polystachya is a vining perennial vegetable with edible tubers and bulbils aka ‘yam berries’. LATIN: Dioscorea polystachya aka Dioscorea opposita aka Dioscorea batatas. Every bulbil received will not necessarily be their maximum size.
One of the goals was to find tropical perennial species that could be grown in the temperate climate as an annual. It was the most precocious, making ripe fruit 9-10 months after planting the seed. It was by far the most vigorous, keeping pace with figs and...