Zanzibar Yam (Dioscorea sansibarensis)

Zanzibar Yam, a reference photo — Photo: Engler, Adolf, 1844-1930 · No restrictions (licence)

Dioscorea sansibarensis is a species of flowering plant in the yam family known by the common name Zanzibar yam. It is native to Madagascar and to tropical Africa from Tanzania west to Guinea and south to Mozambique, and it is known elsewhere as an introduced species (including in southern Florida).

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Zanzibar Yam being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea alata
Dioscorea buckleyana

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea sansibarensis

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