Description: A neotropical vine with a starchy, edible tuber. Native to the mountains from Mexico to Peru and planted beyond. El Dorado Reserve, northern Colombia. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/lily/index.html. Date: 14 January 2014, 17:02. Source: Bomarea edulis. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.