Dioscorea transversa
“Common Yam Vine”
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VINESlender twining climber with insignificant flowers & decorative fruits. Produces large underground tubers, which are excellent bush tucker when roasted. May be grown as an indoor plant. Attracts Black & White Flat butterflies.
| Suitability | |
|---|---|
| Category | Vines |
| Family | Dioscoreaceae |
| Aspect | Full Shade / Filtered Sun |
| Soil | Well-composted |
| Habitat | Dry Rainforest |
| Features | |
| Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Dry Rainforest, Edible Fruit Plants | |
| Localities | |
| Albion, Ashgrove, Cubberla Creek, Enoggera Catchment, Enoggera Ck Corridor, Ipswich area, Logan City, Mayne, Newstead, Sunshine Coast district | |
| Host Plant For These Butterflies | |
