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  2. Dioscorea transversa - Wikipedia

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    Dioscorea transversa, the pencil yam, is a vine of eastern and northern Australia. [1] [2]The leaves are heart-shaped, shiny, with 5-7 prominent veins. The seed pods are rounded, green or pink before drying to a straw brown papery texture.

  3. Dioscorea dumetorum - Wikipedia

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    Dioscorea dumetorum, also known as the bitter yam, cluster yam, trifoliate yam, or three-leaved yam, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the yam family, Dioscorea. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa and especially common in the tropical regions of West Africa, including Nigeria, Benin, and Ghana. [2] D. dumetorum has both toxic and non-toxic ...

  4. Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Wikipedia

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    Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, the elephant foot yam [4] or whitespot giant arum, [5] [6] is a tropical plant native to Island Southeast Asia.It is cultivated for its edible tubers in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Madagascar, New Guinea, and the Pacific islands.

  5. Dioscorea alata - Wikipedia

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    Dioscorea alata – also called ube (/ ˈ uː b ɛ,-b eɪ /), ubi, purple yam, or greater yam, among many other names – is a species of yam (a tuber). The tubers are usually a vivid violet - purple to bright lavender in color (hence the common name), but some range in color from cream to plain white.

  6. Chinese yam - Wikipedia

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    Dioscorea polystachya or Chinese yam (simplified Chinese: 山药; traditional Chinese: 山藥), also called cinnamon-vine, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. It is sometimes called Chinese potato or by its Korean name ma. [3] [2] It is also called huaishan in Mandarin and wàaih sāan in Cantonese.

  7. Yes, There Is A Big Difference Between Yams & Sweet Potatoes

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    "Sweet potatoes have a starchy texture and sweet flesh," Gavin said. "The major types are grouped by the color of the flesh, not by the skin." In the grocery store, you'll likely see orange, white ...

  8. Yam (vegetable) - Wikipedia

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    The Kokoro variety is important in making dried yam chips. [17] They are large plants; the vines can be as long as 10 to 12 m (33 to 39 ft). The tubers most often weigh about 2.5 to 5 kg (6 to 11 lb) each, but can weigh as much as 25 kg (55 lb). After 7 to 12 months' growth, the tubers are harvested.

  9. Dioscorea - Wikipedia

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    [8] [irrelevant citation] Wild yams are an important crop, as they have been used to prevent menstrual cramps, stomach cramps, and general pain for centuries. During the 1950s scientists found that the roots of wild yams contained diosgenin which is a plant-based estrogen; diosgenin is hypothesized to aid in chemical defense against herbivores.

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