ABSTRACT
False yam has changed in terms of classification to be known as Icacina oliviformis and Icacina in English. False yam plant is best known for its edible starchy tubers, which look more like large turnips or beetroot. Flour manufactured from the tubers is an excellent source of starch, energy, protein, calcium and vitamin A. False yam tubers are used as a source of starch or flour with a nutty flavour, which is used as a substitute of cassava flour. False yam tubers are reported to have medicinal properties. False yam is a shrubby perennial variable in form, which produces glabrous or pubescent erect leafy shoots from a large underground long-rooted fleshy tuber. False yam grows best in tropical areas having moderate rainfall. False yam is an upland crop, thus, it prefers a well-drained sandy loam or silt loam fertile soil for its cultivation. False yam is a crop, which is grown on small scale, thus, no improved variety is available.
