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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.
Flowers Tubers, with a ruler for scale. Coleus rotundifolius, synonyms Plectranthus rotundifolius and Solenostemon rotundifolius, [1] commonly known as native potato or country potato in Africa and called Chinese potato in India, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the mint family (Lamiaceae) native to tropical Africa.
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.
The total production of potatoes in China was over 70,000,000 tonnes (77,000,000 tons), or more than 22 percent of the global potato production, [5] making China the largest potato producer in the world. [1] [11] [12] However, the average yield of potatoes in China was 14.35 tons/ha, compared to the global mean of 16.74 tons/ha. [5]
Indonesian cuisine is a collection of various regional culinary traditions that formed in the archipelagic nation of Indonesia.There are a wide variety of recipes and cuisines in part because Indonesia is composed of approximately 6,000 populated islands of the total 17,508 in the world's largest archipelago, [1] [2] with more than 600 ethnic groups.
There are different styles of Chinese food in Indonesia: Traditional Chinese food, such as the Teochew, Hokkian, Hakka dishes. Chinese-Indonesian food with recipes borrowed from local Indonesian cuisine, Dutch and other European cuisine. Chinese dishes adapted to the local culture and taste, such as replacing pork with chicken or beef to make ...
Dioscorea bulbifera (commonly known as the air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, [2] aerial yam, [3] and parsnip yam [4]) is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Africa, Asia and northern Australia. [ 1 ]
Sagittaria is a genus of about 30 [3] species of aquatic plants whose members go by a variety of common names, including arrowhead, duck potato, swamp potato, tule potato, and wapato. Most are native to South , Central , and North America , but there are also some from Europe , Africa , and Asia .