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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 



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