Calvin Ross Sperling field notebooks, 1980-1984
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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