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Picture of Patrick's yacon
« on: May 08, 2018, 09:52:48 AM »
Test to see if this works



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Re: Picture of Patrick's yacon
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2018, 02:08:03 AM »
That sure looks like Mirabilis jalapa, four o'clock. It certainly has tubers but definitely should not be eaten as a vegetable like yacon.

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Re: Picture of Patrick's yacon
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2018, 10:47:23 AM »
O NO!!!!!, i just looked that up mark it sure looks the same, the tuber was sold to me as a YACON at a local nursery it looked like a skinny yam.           thanks for pointing this out.          Patrick