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QUARTERMASTER CORPS 



yams vary in shape but are usually not very large. They are 

 distinctly well flavored, and may be eaten boiled or roasted. 

 Like those of the greater yam they need no special treatment, 

 as they are never poisonous. Local names: Gembolo, 

 gemheili, sudo, kaburan, huwi-ldndak, kdwai, tugi, tungo, 

 dago, hoi-tia, nika, sdhu, sidfu, sidpu, sidwu, sajdwu, kapugu, 

 isdhu. 



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Figure 24. — ^Buck yam {Dioscorea pentaphylla) . 



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