Elephant’s Foot, Elefantfot (Dioscorea elephantipes)

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Dioscorea elephantipes is one of the most beautiful, weird and wonderful, caudiciform plants around! It has a deeply fissured surface, resembling an elephant's foot, hence its common name.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Edvard Andersons Conservatory, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo credit: © AY Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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