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5565 Ullucus tuberosus Caldas
n.v. Zanabara Lisas
Succulent herb cultivated in field
For it's edible tubers.
Flowers yellow green, red tiged.
Stems red. Plants becoming
decumbent. Terminal shoots with
reduced leaves, burrowing in soil
and bearing tubers.
Tubers white when immature, becoming
lean oblong and orange yellow when
mature. Only flowers with 5
stamen seen.
(Cking #233)
5566 Ullucus tuberosus Caldas
n.v. Yurac Lisas
Succulent herb cultivated in
field for it's edible tuber
Flowers yellow green, Stems
green, only slightly tiged
with nottled lines of red.
Terminal shoots becoming partially
decumbent