Shan yao (Dioscorea oppositifolia) |
I've blogged about air potato—a.k.a. Chinese yam, a.k.a. Shan yao, a.k.a tater vine—before, when the plants were just starting to leaf out: small, heart-shaped, full of youth and vigor.
Now, the leaves are beginning to fade, and it's air potato time; tiny, little tater time.The fruits are actually called bulbils. (Don't you love that word?) I wonder if you could make small potato chips from these pea-sized spuds.
-Photo taken along Will Skelton Greenway near the Tennessee River in Knoxville
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1 comment:
Teeny tiny taters! You folks sure have some curious things growing in TN. Do you know if they're really edible?
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