Taradi

Taradi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Dioscoreales
Family:	Dioscoreaceae
Genus:	Dioscorea
Species:	nov.

Taradi, or Himalayan yam,^{[citation needed]} is a little-studied plant which appears above the ground as a low vine, but underground bears long, convoluted tuber growth stretching sometimes as deep as 2 metres. It is native to Palampur in northern India.^[1] Multiple species in Dioscorea are referred to as taradi.^[2] ,^[1] Dioscorea deltoidea^[3] and Dioscorea bulbifera both use the common name taradi.^[4]

It has received very little attention from botanists, and its species has not even been determined or named, although its morphology and life patterns show it to belong in the genus Dioscorea.^{[citation needed]}

The tubers are edible, and are eaten during traditional religious festivals. Taradi can be roasted or cooked, and used as a vegetable.^[5] Digging and selling taradi is a major source of income in the region.^[6]^[7]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Singh, K.K. and Kaushal Kumar. Ethnobotanical wisdom of Gaddi tribe in Western Himalaya. 2000. p.18.
^ Food and Agriculture Organization. Plant Breeding News, Edition 193. 30 August 2008. at 2.02.
^ Rana, M., Kabra, A., Kabra, R., Rana, M. and Dhatwalia, V. 2015. Plant Species used by locals as Ethano - Medicine in Gohar Tehsil, Distt. Mandi Region of North Western Himalaya. PharmaTutor. 3, 4 (Apr. 2015), 47-52.
^ Rajendra, Gupta (1993). "Conservation and utilization of Indian Medicinal Plants*-Indian Journals". Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources. 6 (2). ISSN 0971-8184. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
^ Jain, S.K., from Ethnobiology in human welfare. 1996. p.385.
^ Dr. Chiranjit Parmar, in article "Taradi", The Heirloom Gardener, 2007.
^ FAO Plant Breeding Newsletter, 1.01

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[k.k.-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Singh, K.K. and Kaushal Kumar. Ethnobotanical wisdom of Gaddi tribe in Western Himalaya. 2000. p.18.

[2] Food and Agriculture Organization. Plant Breeding News, Edition 193. 30 August 2008. at 2.02.

[3] Rana, M., Kabra, A., Kabra, R., Rana, M. and Dhatwalia, V. 2015. Plant Species used by locals as Ethano - Medicine in Gohar Tehsil, Distt. Mandi Region of North Western Himalaya. PharmaTutor. 3, 4 (Apr. 2015), 47-52.

[4] Rajendra, Gupta (1993). "Conservation and utilization of Indian Medicinal Plants*-Indian Journals". Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources. 6 (2). ISSN 0971-8184. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

[5] Jain, S.K., from Ethnobiology in human welfare. 1996. p.385.

[6] Dr. Chiranjit Parmar, in article "Taradi", The Heirloom Gardener, 2007.

[7] FAO Plant Breeding Newsletter, 1.01

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