Dioscorea alata L.

PLANTS OF FIJI
A. C. Smith, no. krfOty	May 27-June 5, 1947
Dioscorea alata L.
D«*. A. a. Smith
•Saa^sua.« Sprawling Tine; tuber edible.
Grass- and reed-covered slopes.
VITI LEVU: Mba [formerly Nandi]: Vicinity of Tumbenasolo, valley of
Namosi Creek; alt. 200-450 m. _
Collected under the auspices of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, with the aid of
grants from the Penrose Fund of the American Philosophical Society
and the Baehe Fund of the National Academy of Sciences
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