Aerial Potato (forum)

Jim starts with ...
Can anyone please suggest a place to buy seed (or any propagation material) for the aerial potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) that is available to Western Australians?



Time: 13th January 2010 7:34pm

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Damo says...
Have you tried F.E.R.N. in freo?

Time: 14th January 2010 1:24pm

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Brendan says...
Picked this one yesterday, it weighed just over 1kg.

Pictures - Click to enlarge

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Time: 15th May 2011 7:20am

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amanda says...
Awesome Brendan - I have never seen one b4 - what does the plant look like and how do u normally cook them..?

Time: 15th May 2011 10:46am

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Brendan says...
Hi amanda,
It's actually a type of yam, grows on a large vine. Climbs up trees, along fences etc.

Probably best peeled, cooked then mashed. Tastes like potato/pumpkin/yam all together. Sometimes can be slightly bitter. My mate peels them, then puts slices on his bbq. He loves em. Some bake them whole too.

One a year is enough for me. It can be an acquired taste :-)

Time: 16th May 2011 6:36am

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amanda says...
Looks like fun to peel...!? So it's tropical then Brendan?
The wonderful world of edible plants never ceases to surprise me :)

Time: 16th May 2011 11:30am

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snottiegobble says...
What are the flowers like Brendan, & do you think it will grow down here?

Time: 16th May 2011 12:30pm

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ringelstrumpf says...
I read about them but and always wanted to have this plant. Were did you get them?
I think there are different strains, maybe there are better ones?

Time: 16th May 2011 8:58pm

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Brendan says...
Hi All,
Oh they're fun to peel alright, the flesh can be slippery as a butcher's apron!

The flowers hang down from the vine, very nice, they fruit like mad. (up here). I'd say they would grow anywhere :-). Don't know about sending any to WA.

Seems like I've always had them, don't actually know where they came from. Oh yeah, some are so bitter they're inedible.

I might have some small ones left, contact me at: bahiggoatmackaydotnetdotau

Time: 17th May 2011 6:30am

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Byron says...
My name is Byron and i am the nursery manager at the Permaculture Research Institute in The Channon, Nth NSW.
Wanting to say hello and put the word out looking for anyone with EDIBLE AERIAL YAMS or any EDIBLE YAM species at all. I am endevouring to expand our Perennial Staple food collection and would love any help in this department.

We have various specimens of all sorts of things and would be happy to do trade offs.


Time: 21st March 2012 9:42am

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
Does the Yacon qualify Byron? Really a sunflower relative, no doubt you are looking for something more exotic

Time: 21st March 2012 12:42pm

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