D.bulbifer is commonly known as potato yam. It grows wild in India, a perennial herbaceous creeper climbs on supporting trees and may cover the canopy and thus may harm other trees, but whether they kill other plants is some what doubtful assumption.
On Feb 19, 7:09 pm, Devi Nair <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like some advice on the vine Dioscorea Bulbifera. Recently I got two > "air potatoes" and they have already started to sprout even though I am yet > to plant them. > I read on many websites that it is an extremely invasive creeper and can > even kill trees. If so I would 'nt want to plant it. Since the opinions were > a bit mixed with some people saying they have not had any problems of it > spreading rampantly, I thought I would seek help here before planting. > > Regards, > > Devi > -- > Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a > harvest. > -- Douglas Jerrold. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
