Dioscorea alata L.
Chiazi / Fehér Jamszgyökér
About
Dioscorea alata – also called ube (), 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 (hence the common name), but some range from creamy-white to plain white. It is sometimes confused with taro and the Okinawa sweet potato beniimo (紅芋) (Ipomoea batatas 'Ayamurasaki'), however D. alata is also grown in Okinawa. Its origins are in the Asian and Oceanian tropics. Some varieties attain to great size. A "Mambatap" greater yam grown in Maprik, East Sepik District, Papua New Guinea around 1939 was 3.5 m (11 ft) in length.
Dioscorea alata – also called ube (), 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 (hence the common name), but some range from creamy-white to plain white. It is sometimes confused with taro and the Okinawa sweet potato beniimo (紅芋) (Ipomoea batatas 'Ayamurasaki'), however D. alata is also grown in Okinawa. Its origins are in the Asian and Oceanian tropics. Some varieties attain to great size. A "Mambatap" greater yam grown in Maprik, East Sepik District, Papua New Guinea around 1939 was 3.5 m (11 ft) in length. (English fallback)
Common Names
- Chiazi
- Greater Yams
- Guyana Arrowroot
- Ovi Tsabo, Ovi Tsabo Lahi
- Water Yam
- Winged Yam
- Yams
- Greater Yam
Native Distribution
Detailed Regions
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Assam | Bangladesh | East Himalaya | India | Nepal | Indo-China Cambodia | Indo-China | Cambodia | Myanmar | Thailand | Vietnam | Malesia Borneo | Malesia | Borneo | Christmas I. | Jawa | Lesser Sunda Is. | Malaya | Philippines | Sulawesi | Sumatera | Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago | Papuasia | Bismarck Archipelago | New Guinea
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Synonyms
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- Dioscorea aculeata Wight
- Dioscorea alata L.
- Dioscorea alata subsp. globosa (Roxb.) Prain
- Dioscorea alata subsp. purpurea (Roxb.) A.Pouchet
- Dioscorea alata subsp. tarri Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea alata subsp. vera Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea alata var. globosa (Roxb.) Prain
- Dioscorea alata var. purpurea (Roxb.) A.Pouchet
- Dioscorea alata var. tarri Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea alata var. vera Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea atropurpurea Roxb.
- Dioscorea colocasiifolia Pax
- Dioscorea eburina Lour.
- Dioscorea eburnea Lour.
- Dioscorea globosa Roxb.
- Dioscorea javanica Queva
- Dioscorea purpurea Roxb.
- Dioscorea rubella Roxb.
- Dioscorea sapinii De Wild.
- Dioscorea sapinii De Wildemann
- Dioscorea sapinii DeWild.
- Dioscorea vulgaris Miq.
- Elephantodon eburnea (Lour.) Salisb.
- Elephantodon eburneus (Lour.) Salisb.
- Polynome alata (L.) Salisb.
- Rajania flexuosa Bello, 1883