(leaf, tuber, fruit) Food: general (flour) Food: special diets (flour) Food: sauces, condiments, spices, flavourings (flour) Drink: sweet, milk substitutes (root) Drink: alcoholic, stimulant (root) Medicines: stomach troubles (root) Medicines: liver, etc. (root) Medicines: genital stimulants/depressants (root) Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout (root, flower) Medicines: antidotes (venomous stings, bites, etc.) (root) Phytochemistry: insecticides, arachnicides (root) Phytochemistry: soap and substitutes (tuber) Phytochemistry: miscellaneously poisonous or repellent (leaf-petiole, flower-peduncle) Products: household, domestic and personal items (flower-peduncle) Products: pastimes-carving, musical instruments, games, toys, etc. (plant, tuber) Social: religion, superstitions, magic (plant) Social: ceremonial