1. Tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia
   "The salsilla vine climbed up the garden trellis";
   - Bomarea salsilla
    
2. Tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America
   "Local families still cook salsilla roots as a traditional food";
   - Bomarea edulis

Derived forms: salsillas

Type of: vine

Part of: Bomarea, genus Bomarea

Encyclopedia: Salsilla