PlantFiles: White Guinea Yam
Dioscorea rotundata

This plant grows fast and looks nice /Tubers compact spherical or cylindrical light brown on outside white /cream and yellow fleshed/stems are smooth/this var. does produce airial tubers, and can be propagated by planting the smaller tubers to small to sell or eat,or cuting the top off the big ones ,planting that and eating the bottom.I have had some success rooting stem cuttings-should be mulched to protect from extreems,[excess heat, cold ,or moisture loss/prefers rich well drained soil/needs to be kept moist all summer/must be protected from frost/can be brought in and stored, warm and dry for the winter.excelent eating quality./must be cooked to destroy toxin.also grows well in large tubs of mulch,and these can be taken inside for winter.
2/8/04-I just dug up some of the roots, the 1 year roots averaged 3lbs .I dug some of the second year plants and they were about 10 lbs each. -Nov/2005-some roots have exceded 20 pounds.