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2. Dioscorea villosa - Wikipedia

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   There is little modern clinical research on Dioscorea villosa, and the one study of a wild yam-containing cream for menopausal symptoms failed to find any value from this therapy. [18] According to the American Cancer Society, there is no evidence to support wild yam or diosgenin being either safe or effective in humans. [19]

3. Dioscorea japonica - Wikipedia

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   Jinenjo (自然薯, "wild yam") is another kind of Dioscorea japonica, which is native to fields and mountains in Japan. In Chinese, Dioscorea japonica is known as yě shānyào (野 山藥) which translates to English as "wild Chinese yam" or simply "wild yam". [citation needed] Another name is Rìběn shǔyù (日本 薯蕷; literally ...

4. Dioscorea alata - Wikipedia

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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.

5. Dioscorea dregeana - Wikipedia

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   Dioscorea dregeana, the wild yam, is a perennial creeper that is native to the eastern parts of southern Africa. [1] It is commonly used and traded as a traditional medicine, or muti . [ 1 ]

6. Dioscorea bulbifera - Wikipedia

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   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 ]

7. Chinese yam - Wikipedia

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   In Vietnam, the yam is called củ mài or khoai mài. When this yam is processed to become a medicine, the yam is called hoài sơn or tỳ giải. In the Ilocano of the northern Philippines it is called tuge. In Latin American countries it is known as camote del cerro or white ñame. In Manipuri it is called as "Ha".