Cinnamon Vine Flower

Did you know

• The tiny white flowers release a cinnamon-like fragrance that can perfume an entire garden on warm summer evenings.
• Cinnamon vine produces edible aerial bulbils in its leaf axils, which can be cooked like small potatoes.
• The underground tuber, known as Chinese yam or nagaimo, is an important food crop in East Asian cuisine.
• It was introduced to North America in the 19th century as a food crop and has since become invasive in parts of the eastern U.S.
• The genus Dioscorea is named after Pedanius Dioscorides, the ancient Greek physician who wrote 'De Materia Medica.'

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Uses

• edible tuber crop
• fragrant garden vine