Researchers discover new edible tuber, Dioscorea balakrishnanii, in Wayanad, Kerala, with potential for food security and cultivation.
Researchers from Kerala have identified an edible tuber found in the Western Ghats region of Wayanad district as a new species of the genus Dioscorea.
The species, named Dioscorea balakrishnanii after V. Balakrishnan, environmentalist and current secretary of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board, holds potential as a tuber variety for food security and cultivation as a food crop with low glycemic index, the researchers said.
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