Air potato, liana of the rainforest, Dioscorea bulbifera

Air potato
Dioscorea bulbifera

A very fast growing vine growing from a potato-like tuber. It entangles even large objects as it winds up quite fast. In winter the vine dries and aerial tubers form high up in the trees.

An aerial tuber growing on the Dioscorea vine.

The flowers of the air potato hang in clusters.

The vine quickly grows up trees and makes lush, annual foliage on otherwise leafless trunks.

A Dioscorea vine turning an office space into a jungle.

A young aerial tuber growing on the vine.

The aerial potatoes of Dioscorea hibernate during winter. This is the best time to ship them.

see if we have tubers available

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Air potato, Dioscorea bulbifera Evergreen Yam, Dioscorea cirrhosa Mountain Turtle Stephania sp. Mountain Buffalo Thladiantha spec. Fire squash Trichosanthes sp. Evening Glory Chinese Yellow Morning Glory	Air potato Dioscorea bulbifera A very fast growing vine growing from a potato-like tuber. It entangles even large objects as it winds up quite fast. In winter the vine dries and aerial tubers form high up in the trees. An aerial tuber growing on the Dioscorea vine. The flowers of the air potato hang in clusters. The vine quickly grows up trees and makes lush, annual foliage on otherwise leafless trunks. A Dioscorea vine turning an office space into a jungle. A young aerial tuber growing on the vine. The aerial potatoes of Dioscorea hibernate during winter. This is the best time to ship them. see if we have tubers available HOME CULTURE spirituality : design : water : fashion ANIMALS amphibia : reptilia : butterflies : panda : takin TRAVEL ecotourism : Xishuangbanna : Shangrila : Yunnan : Mekong KNOWLEDGE books : Buddhist flowers : consulting : science of ecology : medicine PLANTS & SEEDS bananas : ginger : herbs : orchids : trees : succulents : lianas : sacred trees ART Gabrielle's traditional motive Chinese jewelry : Wu Jialin's black and white photography ECOSYSTEMS rain forests : river banks of the Mekong : pools : sacred forests : sinter terraces : chili growing CHINESE MEDICINE AIDS/HIV : asthma : breast cyst : herpes : hepatitis : cancer : diabetes : health tea : malaria : Puer tea : flu WHOLESALE NatureProducts.Net is the Thai internet portal for biodiversity products designed to protect endangered species in cooperation with local ethnic communities a project of the TianZi BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China © 2000 - today

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