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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:1.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">It
is a perennial climbing plant. Leaves are glabrous, cordate, prominently
veined. The stems twine left-handed and produce aerial axillary bulbils. The
plant is often cultivated in tropical areas, mainly for its edible aerial
bulbs, though also for its roots.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Dioscorea
bulbifera</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> bulbils are used in the treatment of Piles,
dysentery, syphilis, ulcers, cough, leprosy, diabetes, asthma, and cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>

</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Flowering
and Fruiting: July–October<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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