Abstract
THE yam, the tuber of various species of Dioscorea, is a staple food in the tropics and commonly cultivated, especially in India, Malaya and tropical Africa. The two volumes under notice, which maintain the excellence of production of the Annals of the Eoyal Botanical Garden, Calcutta, form the first part of an account of the Oriental species by two eminent botanists who, by thirty years of careful investigation, have specially qualified for the task.
An Account of the Genus Dioscorea in the East
Part 1: The Species which Twine to the Left. By D. Prain I. H. Burkill. (Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, 14, Part 1.) Pp. 210 + vi. 91 Plates. (Alipore: Bengal Government Press, 1936.) 75 Rs.; £5 13s.
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An Account of the Genus Dioscorea in the East. Nature 141, 182–183 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141182a0
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