Fresh Elephant Yam Exporters / Suppliers / Manufacturers in India

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, the elephant foot yam or whitespot giant arum or stink lily, is a tropical tuber crop grown primarily in Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the tropical Pacific island The plant gives off a putrid smell. The pistillate (female) and staminate (male) flowers are on the same plant and are crowded in cylindrical massesIn Bihar, it is used in oil curry, oil bharta or chokha, pickles, and chutney. Oral chutney is also called Barabara chutney” as it has mango, ginger, and oil in equal quantities, hence the name barabar .In West Bengal, these yams are eaten fried or in yam curry. The plant body of elephant foot yam is also eaten in West Bengal as a green vegetable called Bengali:ol shaaIn Cambodia, it is known as toal thomIn Tonga, where it is known as teve, it is viewed as the most inferior of all yam species, and is only eaten if nothing else is available.