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===Food===
Dioscorea bulbifera can be used in Food. Underground and aerial tubers are eaten raw, roasted, boiled or cooked as vegetable. Before the use they are washed thoroughly in running water<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Aerial tubers}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
==Chemical Composition==
===Nutritional components===
Dioscorea bulbifera Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Niacin (B3), Ribofl avin, Thiamine (B1); diosgenin, lucein, neoxanthin, auroxanthin and cyrptoxanthin; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium<ref name="Nutritional componentsForest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Habit==
==Cultivation Details==
A plant of the moist, lowland tropics. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 30°c, but can tolerate 12 - 38°c<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Dioscorea bulbifera is available through July-March<ref name="How to plant/cultivateForest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<ref name="Leaf">[Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dioscorea+bulbifera Cultivation]</ref>
<ref name="Nutritional componentsForest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of western ghat pdf Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.68, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS - ) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
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