Jan–MarApr–JunJul–SepOct–Dec
← Explore Plants
Plant · P-358
Cush Cush Yam
Dioscorea trifida
Cush cush yam is a tropical climbing vine grown for its starchy tuber, often rated the best-flavored of the true yams when boiled or baked. Reaching harvest takes nine to eleven frost-free months and steady heavy rainfall, conditions no true winter climate can offer outdoors. It carries no known toxicity, allelopathy or spreading habit, so under glass with a long enough warm season it is a low-risk crop to try - the trick is finding it that much time and water, not managing any hazard.
Record at a glance
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun · Partial Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 10–12
- Soil
- Sand · Loam · Clay
- Moisture
- Moderate
Vertical layer
Vine- Soil pH
- 6–6.7
- Plant type
- Vine
- Mature height
- 9 ft
- Mature spread
Keep exploring
Similar plants
Discover more plants with shared forest layers or growing conditions.
Achocha
Cyclanthera pedata
Achocha is a fast climbing vine that gives three edible parts off one plant - young fruit eaten raw or cooked with a cucumber flavor, mature…
Vine · USDA 9–11
Air Potato
Dioscorea bulbifera
Air Potato is a true perennial vine that produces edible bulbils in its leaf axils along with an underground tuber - unlike frost-killed…
Vine · USDA 7–11
The deeper layer