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HAWAII - POLYNESIAN INTRODUCTION

Dioscorea pentaphylla

Ho'omaluhia, Kaneohe, Oahu

FIVE-LEAF YAM    PI'A

Formerly cultivated in windward mesic valleys.  Slightly poisonous tubers are edible if soaked properly before cooking.  Native to Tropical Asia & cultivated throughout Polynesia.