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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.
Dialects are Aua (Ibo Ugu, Imbo Ungu, Imbongu) and Gawil (Umbo Ungu, Kakoli). Kaugel counts with a base-24 system in cycles of 4. The word for 4 is also the word for hand in reference to the four fingers. [2] A translation of the New Testament was published in 1997 and is currently available online. [3]
Tabebuia is native to the American tropics and subtropics from Mexico and the Caribbean to Argentina.Most of the species known are from the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. [5] It is commonly cultivated and often naturalized or adventive beyond its natural range.
Cyperus rotundus is a perennial plant, that may reach a height of up to 140 cm (55 in).The names "nut grass" and "nut sedge" – shared with the related species Cyperus esculentus – are derived from its tubers, that somewhat resemble nuts, although botanically they have nothing to do with nuts.
Tabebuia rosea, also called pink poui, and rosy trumpet tree [2] is a neotropical tree that grows up to 30 m (98 ft) and can reach a diameter at breast height of up to 100 cm (3 ft).
Kampong Ubi, also known as Ubi Estate, a residential and industrial area in Singapore; Ubi language, an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Central Chad; Universal basic income, an unconditional, non-means tested social dividend; Unsorted Block Images, a block management layer for flash memory devices, often used in conjunction with UBI File System
Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), a Swedish botanist, invented the modern system of binomial nomenclature. Prior to the adoption of the modern binomial system of naming species, a scientific name consisted of a generic name combined with a specific name that was from one to several words long.
Ungu (lit. 'Purple') is an Indonesian rock band formed in Jakarta in 1996. Its previous names were Glasses (1992-1995) and Glover (1995-1996). The group comprises ...