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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.
Dioscorea is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. The vast majority of the species are tropical, with only a few species extending into temperate climates.
Unknown yam variety, most likely of the alata species. White yams at a retail market in Brixton, England, 2004. 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 toxic).
Dioscorea rotundata, native to Africa Index of plants with the same common name This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
Dioscoreaceae (/ ˌ d aɪ ə ˌ s k ɔːr i ˈ eɪ s i i /) is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 715 known species in nine genera. [4] The best-known member of the family is the yam (some species of Dioscorea).
Male Dioscorea batatas (D. polystachya) in Hooker's A General System of Botany 1873 . While Lindley did not use the term "Dioscoreales", he placed the family Dioscoraceae together with four other families in what he referred to as an Alliance (the equivalent of the modern Order) called Dictyogens.
Assamese name English name Scientific name Image Bondha-Kobi, Bondhakobi Cabbage: Brassica oleracea Capitata Group Ful-Kobi, Phulkobi Cauliflower: Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group Ul-Kobi, Oolkobi Knolkhol or Kohlrabi: Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group Alu Potato: Solanum tuberosum: Kath-Alu, Thaa in Bodo Yam Dioscorea alata: Mitha-Alu, Ronga ...
Please see Wikipedia:NC_(flora)#Scientific_versus_common_names for guidance. Hamamelis 12:25, 26 May 2011 (UTC) Support Dioscorea alata is far more common of a name for this plant, by a factor of 18+ according to a google book search of the two names. First Light 14:45, 26 May 2011 (UTC)