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Yam is an important dietary element for Nigerian and West African people. It contributes more than 200 calories per person per day for more than 150 million people in West Africa, and is an important source of income. Yam is an attractive crop in poor farms with limited resources. It is rich in starch, and can be prepared in many ways.
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.
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 ]
Oxalis tuberosa is a perennial herbaceous plant that overwinters as underground stem tubers.These tubers are known as uqa in Quechua, [1] oca in Spanish, yams in New Zealand and several other alternative names.
The History of Yams and Sweet Potatoes. Mixing up yams and sweet potatoes isn't anything new! The confusion can actually be traced back to the 1930s when Louisiana sweet potato growers decided to ...
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 oppositifolia is a type of yam native to Myanmar and to ... The plant previously called D. opposita is now considered to be the same ... Yam (vegetable) ...
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 root, devil's bones, and fourleaf yam. [4]