Chinese yam
Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya), also called cinnamon-vine, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. This perennial climbing bine native to China now grows throughout East Asia (Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Vietnam). It is believed to have been introduced to Japan in the 17th century or earlier. Introduced to the United States as early as the 19th century for culinary and cultural uses, it is now considered an invasive plant species. The plant was introduced to Europe in the 19th century during the European Potato Failure, where cultivation continues to this day for the Asian food market. The edible tubers, often called nagaimo or Chinese-potato, are cultivated largely in Asia and sometimes used in alternative medicine. This species of yam is unique as the tubers can be eaten
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Chinese yam
Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya), also called cinnamon-vine, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. This perennial climbing bine native to China now grows throughout East Asia (Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Vietnam). It is believed to have been introduced to Japan in the 17th century or earlier. Introduced to the United States as early as the 19th century for culinary and cultural uses, it is now considered an invasive plant species. The plant was introduced to Europe in the 19th century during the European Potato Failure, where cultivation continues to this day for the Asian food market. The edible tubers, often called nagaimo or Chinese-potato, are cultivated largely in Asia and sometimes used in alternative medicine. This species of yam is unique as the tubers can be eaten
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Chinese yam (Dioscorea polysta ...... s the tubers can be eaten raw.
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Dioscorea polystachya • nagaim ...... et igname peut être mangé cru.
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Il Nagaimo, noto anche come Ya ...... lla consistenza quasi collosa.
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Pochrzyn chiński, jams chiński ...... ionach o klimacie tropikalnym.
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ديسقوريا متعددة السنيبلات (الا ...... يسقوريا من الفصيلة الديسقورية.
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ナガイモ(長芋)は、ヤマノイモ科ヤマノイモ属の Diosco ...... 地で呼び分けられている「山芋(ヤマノイモ)」とは別種である。
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薯蓣(学名:Dioscorea polystachya)又稱 ...... ,中国已有几百年的栽培山药历史。食用山藥生熟亦可,連皮更佳。
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*Dioscorea batatas (Decne.)
*Dioscorea decaisneana (Carrière)
*Dioscorea doryphora (Hance)
*Dioscorea potaninii (Prain&Burkill)
*Dioscorea pseudobatatas (Hauman)Herter)
*Dioscorea rosthornii (Diels)
*Dioscorea swinhoei (Rolfe)
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Dioscorea polystachya
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Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.
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D. polystachya
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Dioscorea polystachya
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Chinese yam (Dioscorea polysta ...... que as the tubers can be eaten
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Dioscorea polystachya • nagaim ...... pseudobatatas (Hauman) Herter
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Il Nagaimo, noto anche come Ya ...... lla consistenza quasi collosa.
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Pochrzyn chiński, jams chiński ...... ionach o klimacie tropikalnym.
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ديسقوريا متعددة السنيبلات (الا ...... يسقوريا من الفصيلة الديسقورية.
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ナガイモ(長芋)は、ヤマノイモ科ヤマノイモ属の Diosco ...... 地で呼び分けられている「山芋(ヤマノイモ)」とは別種である。
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薯蓣(学名:Dioscorea polystachya)又稱 ...... ,中国已有几百年的栽培山药历史。食用山藥生熟亦可,連皮更佳。
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Chinese yam
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Dioscorea polystachya
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Nagaimo
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Pochrzyn chiński
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ديسقوريا متعددة السنيبلات
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ナガイモ
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薯蕷
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Chinese yam
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cinnamon vine
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