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Dioscorea is a
genus of over 600
species of
flowering plants in the
family Dioscoreaceae,
native throughout the
tropical and warm
temperate regions of...
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Dioscorea alata – also
called ube (/ˈuːbɛ, -beɪ/), ubi,
purple yam, or
greater yam,
among many
other names – is a
species of yam (a tuber). The tubers...
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Dioscorea bulbifera (commonly
known as the air potato, air yam,
bitter yam, ch****y yam,
potato yam,
aerial yam, and
parsnip yam) is a
species of true...
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Dioscorea villosa is a
species of
twining tuberous vine
which is
native to
eastern North America. It is
commonly known as wild yam,
colic root, rheumatism...
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Dioscorea polystachya or
Chinese yam (simplified Chinese: 山药;
traditional Chinese: 山藥), also
called cinnamon-vine, is a
species of
flowering plant in...
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Dioscorea ****onica,
known as East
Asian mountain yam, yamaimo, or ****anese
mountain yam, is a type of yam (
Dioscorea)
native to ****an (including Ryukyu...
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Dioscorea esculenta,
commonly known as the
lesser yam, is a yam
species native to
Island Southeast Asia and
introduced to Near
Oceania and East Africa...
- Yam is the
common name for some
plant species in the
genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form
edible tubers (some
other species in the
genus being...
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Dioscorea elephantipes, the elephant's foot or
Hottentot bread, is a
species of
flowering plant in the
genus Dioscorea of the
family Dioscoreaceae, native...
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Dioscorea communis or
Tamus communis is a
species of
flowering plant in the yam
family Dioscoreaceae and is
commonly known as
black bryony, lady's-seal...
