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Dioscorea elephantipes (Elephant's Foot, Hottentot-bread)

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Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea elephantipes
 
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  • Perennial
  • Subtropical
  • Vine
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Height (Maximum) edit
  • 5 to 10 feet (1 1/2 to 3 m)
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Flowering Start edit
  • May
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  • Green - Medium
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  • Cordate
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  • Architectural
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  • Full Sun
  • Partial Shade
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  • Dry
  • Well-drained
  • Alkaline / Chalky
  • Poor
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  • Yellow/Gold
  • Green
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Propagation Techniques edit
  • Seed
Skill Level edit
  • Some Experience
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Contributors For This Plant
  brombear (1128)
toni (36069)
  Joe Caudex (37)
waretrop (1190)


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waretrop (1190) wrote on Nov 08 2012
I have had this plant for 15 years or so although it wasn't that old in this pic. I let grow where ever it wants to until it dies down. Maybe one day I will take it out of it's pot and really let it go wild in the greenhouse.

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  brombear (1128) wrote on Jul 20 2010
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The photo i've submitted is a very young elephantipes, but you get an idea of the lush foliage which emerges every winter and dies down again under the heat of summer. From Africa, it is a monoecious summer deciduous geophyte, likes winter rains and dry hot summers. The amazing thing is the above ground caudex, which enlarges as it grows to potentially almost 3m in the right conditions. It resembles sectioned,layered,cork ( this plant to young to have developed this feature.)If you're in the right climate, an amazing plant to grow

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