Bourke 1982
Bourke, R. Michael. 1982. Root crops in Papua New Guinea. In Bourke, R. M. & Kesavan, V. (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Papua New Guinea Food Crops Conference, 51-63.
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- 3.9 Staple foods: root crops, bananas, breadfruit and sago
- Root crops
- Yams, Dioscorea spp.
- Why so few yam terms?
- Dioscorea bulbifera, potato yam, aerial yam, air potato (Dioscoreaceae)
- Cyrtosperma merkusii (syn. Cyrtosperma chamissonis, Cyrtosperma edule), swamp taro, giant taro, P kakake, kakama, B wota taro (Araceae)
- Alocasia macrorrhizos (syn.Alocasia macrorrhiza, Alocasia indica), giant taro, elephant ear taro, P waeltaro (Araceae)
- Summary
- 3.13 Other cultivated plants