Florida Calls It Invasive. Africa Calls it Food.

The air potato tells two different stories. In Florida, it is classified as an invasive species and other parts of the world, including regions of Africa related forms of this plant have long history of food and medicine and this short, I take a closer look at the heart shaped leaves unusual bulbils ( bowl-bill and that’s the brown bumpy potato like tubers that grow above ground and how the same plant can be very different depending on where it grows. What invasive plant do you have found in your own yard that has another story someplace else in the world? Subscribe for more field observations from South Florida where we uncover African history through plants.