Bulbils

In a few species, eg D. bulbifera (Opsophyton), the bulbils are the main storage organs. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Little aerial tubers, called bulbils, are to be seen in the axils of the leaves. ❋ Unknown (1977)

In certain species small tubers called bulbils are found in the axils of the leaves ❋ Unknown (1977)

Ubi (Dioscorea alata L.) or yam is a vine which produces both aerial tubers called bulbils and underground tubers or roots. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Next summer, go back to that lot with the tiger lilies and grab the little black bulbils which can be found at the joint of the leaf and stalk and plant them right away. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They grow rampant when those little bulbils fall on good soil. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I knew about bulbils, but have never really noticed the babies you mention. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some lilies produce bulbils that grow along the stems at the leaf axil. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Babbington leeks and what I think are called Egyptian onions but are known as walking onions in our house because they form a group of bulbils on top of a stalk which flops over and grows another clump nearby. ❋ Spinningfishwife (2009)

We were thrilled to have them and learned they would grow easily from the little bulbils that grow where the leaves meet the stem. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You will get some bulbils, they are so easy to grow. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At the top is the "seed" pod, more properly called the umbel, which contains the flowers and bulbils. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The bulbils had been scattered for years and they continue to pop up in the garden. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In the spring it produces delicious green stalks, which can be used like scallions; by fall, the plants send up shoots topped by tiny brown bulbils. ❋ Clark Frasier (2003)

Aerial tubers (bulbils) up to 7 cm in diameter, brown, rounded or angular. ❋ Unknown (1999)

This species is seldom grown commercially, but field trials in Puerto Rico of sixteen varieties from all over the tropics gave yields ranging from 0.05 to 19.5 t/ha for bulbils, and from zero to 25.34 t/ha for tubers. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Bulbils-many yam species also produce bulbils in the axils of leaves, which may become similar to underground tubers, but smaller. ❋ Unknown (1987)

The bulbils are normally cooked and eaten in a manner similar to other starchy root crops, though many African forms require detoxification by soaking in water or prolonged boiling before they are safe to consume. ❋ Unknown (1987)

The tubers produced by plants grown from bulbils are usually very small in the first year and are often themselves used as setts for planting the following year to produce edible bulbils (and tubers) of a reasonable size. ❋ Unknown (1987)