Photography of Homer L. Shantz
Testudinaria elephantipes
Contributor:
The University of Arizona Herbarium
Creator:
Homer Leroy Shantz
Description:
Testudinaria elephantipes or elephants food. This plant closely related to Dioscorea (yams), was eaten by the Hottentots but is now used only by animals & baboon. The tuber has a corky cover. [Shantz travel journal, Aug. 25, 1919]
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
English
Title:
azu_shantz_19190825_36125_m
Created:
1919-08-25
City:
Cape Town
City Then:
Cape Town
Continent:
Africa
Country:
South Africa
Country Then:
South Africa
Place:
Kirstenbosch
Province:
Western Cape
Is this item in the public domain?:
No
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