"John Savage" wrote in message
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Anyone heard of a climbing potato? I tuned midway into a conversation
on the radio on this plant. It is said to be a native, with large heart-
shaped leaves like a rainforest plant. The caller was given one from a
friend near Nimbin. The fruit hangs like that on a passionfruit vine, and
like ordinary spuds you wait for one to shoot before planting it. It was
said that those who grow climbing potatoes can stop buying the underground
spuds, so I gather that they must be used in much the same way.
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John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)


Sounds like a Hawaaian plant called Polypodium spectrum