air potato
dioscorea bulbifera latin

He said if the growths are left alone, "you'll see nothing but an air potato forest."

Air potato can grow extremely quickly, roughly 8 inches per day, and eventually reach over 60 feet long.

The air potato is one of the most widely-consumed yam species.

In 1905 the air potato was introduced to Florida and has since become an invasive species in much of the state.

Air potatoes and the beetles are from Asia.

Volunteers have worked to clear the park of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera).

The smallest bulbils make control of air potato difficult due to their ability to sprout at a very small stage.

In Indonesia, an extract of air potato is used in the preparation of arrow poison.

Air potato has been used as a folk remedy to treat conjunctivitis, diarrhea and dysentery, among other ailments.

The bitter compounds in yams also known locally as air potato include diosbulbin and possibly saponins.

The aerial stems of air potato die back in winter, but resprouting occurs from bulbils and underground tubers.

Dioscorea bulbifera, the air potato, is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae.

Examples of commonly seen invasives include Brazilian pepper, water hyacinth, Australian pine, melaleuca and air potato.

The Lilioceris cheni species was introduced into Central Florida by biologists to try and control the spread of invasive air potato plants.

Dioscorea bulbifera, the "air potato", is found in both Africa and Asia, with slight differences between those found in each place.

Element Stewardship Abstract for Dioscorea bulbifera, Air potato.

"The air potatoes are a huge problem statewide," said Beth Jackson, environmental program supervisor for the Orange County Environmental Protection Division.

Most tubers are formed in the ground, but sometimes they can be formed above the ground, in the aerial stems; that is the case of the air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera).

Lilioceris cheni, the air potato leaf beetle, is a species of beetle in the Lilioceris genus that feeds on air potato plants.

Remaining habitat is degraded by the presence of invasive plant species, particularly skunkvine (Paederia foetida) and air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera), which form a thick groundcover that chokes out native plants.

Teams of volunteers removed air potatoes from a downtown Orlando park and at 13 other sites in Orange, Lake and Seminole counties during Saturday's first Air Potato Mega Raid.

The air potato plants are an invasive species found throughout Florida and the beetles were introduced in 2012 by biologists in Florida in hopes that they will help control the spread of the air potato.

If the plant is cut to the ground, the tubers can survive for extended periods and send up new shoots later.Species Profile- Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library.

Element Stewardship Abstract for Dioscorea bulbifera, Air potato.

The cytological events induced by a deep wound applied to Dioscorea bulbifera bulbils were studied using specific cytochemical methods and fluorescence and electron microscopy.

DNA index varied by a factor of 1 to 3 for Dioscorea alata, 1 to 2.25 for Dioscorea bulbifera, and 1 to 2 for Dioscorea cayenensis-rotundata, depending on the clone or cultivar considered.

If the plant is cut to the ground, the tubers can survive for extended periods and send up new shoots later.Species Profile- Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library.