Edible kudzu tuber?

[Okapis Rule]

An easy way to harvest the giant kudzu tuber has been discovered, and it has been found to be quite edible. The news article

 

[obsessed]

That is a bad link!

 

[hoodat]

As near as I can find out it's edible but usually only used during famines. Not a very high recommendation.
It does have a lot of uses in Oriental medicine though.

 

[Okapis Rule]

Sorry, that was a joke. If we find a way to efficiently harvest it though, it may be an efficient source of ethanol.