On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:14:28 +0000, John Savage wrote:

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.

This is a enviromental weed, is causes big problems in bush land, destroy
it whenever you can. It is a delcared weed in many states.