-=> Quoting Jim Venedam to Jerry Kassebaum <=-
JK> Does anyone know if the wild air potatoes here is Florida are edible?
JV> I was under the impression that it was NOT edible. I thought 
JV> I had a handout on it, but all I can find is a handout from 
JV> the Turkey Creek Sanctuary listing it as a non-native nuisance 
JV> plant along with Brazilian Pepper, Castor Bean, and Malaleuca 
JV> tree.
Ok I found the info in my book. The air potato is of the
Dioscorea plant family. Some members of this family ARE edible.
However the wild air potato that we see everywhere is not one of
the edible varieties.  My book says that many of the wild species
of air potatoes contain the "poisonous principle dioscorine" and
are therefore inedible.
I found this in a book called "Manual of Minor Vegetables" by
James Stephens who is the State Extension Vegetable Specialist,
associated with the University of Florida in Gainsville.
So hopefully you haven''t been experimenting with cooking them
yet. 
Marilyn
... If everything seems easy, you have obviously overlooked something.
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