Did you know that Suvrnagedde (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius), Annual soft tuberous herbal tropical crop, known by numerous synonyms, also popular as Elephant foot yam, is an odd looking aroid in the Araceae family of plants, and is an anti malarial and anti diarrhoea folk medicine?
Suvrnagedde (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) Did you know that Suvrnagedde (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius), Annual soft tuberous herbal tropical crop, known by numerous synonyms, also popular as Elephant foot yam, is an odd looking aroid in the Araceae family of plants, and is an anti malarial and anti diarrhoea folk medicine? Suvrnagedde, also spelled Suvarnagadde (ಸುವರ್ಣಗಡ್ಡೆ) in Kannada language, with scientific name Amorphophallus paeoniifolius with several synonyms is popularly called Elephant foot yam is a topical tuber crop, an odd looking aroid in the Araceae family of plants widely grown throughout India. Its origin though said to be in India is contested and claimed to be from Islands of Southeast Asia, which spread to Thailand and Pacific Islands and then to India and Sri Lanka. It is a giant yam popular for culinary purposes and in folk medicine, and is raised as a cash crop. In vernacular languages of India, it is called Suvrnagedde or Suvan...
