India (Kumaon region, western Himalayas): axillary tubers cut into pieces, steeped in water, and boiled prior to eating. Maharashtra State (Thane District): the Warli tribe eat the roasted roots.

India (Madras Presidency): cooked tubers eaten. (Maharashtra [Raigad district]: tubers and bulbils eaten raw after cleaning. Samoa: cooked roots eaten. Tanzania: unspecified part [tuber?] eaten, in ...