Dioscorea Bulbifera is a fast growing vine with cute, heart-shaped leaves that feature intricate ribbed veining! This plant is also commonly known as “air potato” because it can grow potato-like aerial tubers. It makes for an exciting, yet easy care houseplant in your indoor jungle!

Some of Dioscorea Bulbifera‘s other common names include air yam and potato yam, because it is a species of the true yam family Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Africa, Asia and northern Australia. In its natural habitat, the vines of Dioscorea Bulbifera can grow up to 10 metres long.

Like most succulents that love light, Dioscorea Bulbifera thrives best in as much light as possible. A big south-facing window in your home will be ideal! It can die from temperatures below 9 degrees Celsius. So, if you decide to grow this houseplant outside during the summer, make sure to bring it back inside early enough!

Dioscoreae have the typical water needs of most succulents. They hate wet feet and are prone to rot root, so in order to avoid overwatering, you need to allow the soil to almost dry out before watering it again. A potting mix with excellent drainage with help with keeping the plant’s root system healthy.

Dioscorea Bulbifera is a folk remedy to treat conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, and dysentery, among other ailments. The plant is highly important to the Tiwi people of Australia, who use it in an important ceremony called kulama. During the ceremony, the tubers are ritually cooked, and eaten on the third day.

If you tend to forget to water your plants, you should consider getting some more species from our succulent category.

Care tips

Light: thrives best in direct sun

Water: allow the soil to almost dry out before watering

Temperature: likes it warm, never lower than 18 degrees Celsius

Soil: porous, well-drained potting soil

Toxicity: Dioscorea Bulbifera is toxic to pets and humans. Both the underground tubers and aerial bulbils may contain a variety of toxic compounds, so we advise against ingesting any parts of this plant.

An example picture gives a trustworthy image of the plant with good care. The plant at the example picture is not the plant that will be delivered. This is an example, so variations are possible. The eventually delivered plant may differ in for example size, number of flower branches, etc.

Processing time: up to 7 days

Delivery time:

Germany 1-3 days

For all other countries delivery time can range from 3-10 days.

At the moment we are processing the orders Monday to Wednesday – so if you order from us on a Wednesday it won’t be processed until the following week.

Due to bio laws our plants are shipped only to the countries of European Union and Switzerland. Shipping fee includes packaging and handling costs. All parcels are sent with a tracking number. We cannot guarantee specific delivery times. Please note: we aim to get all orders shipped within 7 working days from the date of order.

To avoid plants being held up in the post, we only post them out Monday to Wednesday (depending on the season) if shipping inland Germany or Mondays only when shipping in EU.

When ordering in winter, please know that we ship our plants with heat packs included in the package. We can however postpone the shipment if the temperatures go below 0.

Please note that some damage can occur during transit on occasions, despite our best efforts to package our plants ready for travel. We hope you understand if that does by chance occur.

Delivery costs are based on the total weight of your order and are automatically calculated in the cart. Simply place the products you want to buy into your card and click on “checkout” to get a quote for shipping.

We offer free delivery in Germany for orders above 60€ and EU above 100€.

It takes 1 to 2 working days for us to process your order. Once it is shipped, the following times apply: