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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).
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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).
The ube (Dioscorea alata), also known as the greater yam or water yam, is one of the most important staple crops in Austronesian cultures. It is the main species cultivated among Dioscorea , largely because of its much larger tubers and its ease of processing. [ 144 ]
Purple yam → Dioscorea alata – This plant is known by many common names in English, "purple yam" being not even the most common, and possibly not very common from the references I have found so far. Please see Wikipedia:NC_(flora)#Scientific_versus_common_names for guidance.