Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.
Chinese-Potato / Kínai Jamszgyökér
About
Dioscorea polystachya or Chinese yam (simplified Chinese: 山药; traditional Chinese: 山藥), also called cinnamon-vine, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. It is sometimes called Chinese potato or by its Korean name ma. It is also called huaishan in Mandarin and wàaih sāan in Cantonese. It is a perennial climbing vine, native to East Asia. The edible tubers are cultivated largely in East Asia and sometimes used in alternative medicine. This species of yam is unique as the tubers can be eaten raw.
A Dioscorea polystachya vagy kínai jamsz az egyszikűek (Liliopsida) osztályának jamszgyökérvirágúak (Dioscoreales) rendjébe, ezen belül a jamszgyökérfélék (Dioscoreaceae) családjába tartozó faj.
Common Names
- Chinese Yam
- Chinese-Potato
- Cinnamon-Vine
- Yam
Native Distribution
Detailed Regions
Asia-Temperate China China North-Central | Asia-Temperate | China | China North-Central | China South-Central | China Southeast | Inner Mongolia | Eastern Asia Korea | Eastern Asia | Korea | Taiwan | Russian Far East Kuril Is. | Russian Far East | Kuril Is. | Primorye
Data confidence: low
Synonyms
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- Dioscorea batatas Decne.
- Dioscorea batatas f. clavata Makino
- Dioscorea batatas f. daikok Makino
- Dioscorea batatas f. flabellata Makino
- Dioscorea batatas f. rakuda Makino
- Dioscorea batatas f. tsukune Makino
- Dioscorea batatas subsp. clavata Makino
- Dioscorea batatas subsp. daikok Makino
- Dioscorea batatas subsp. flabellata Makino
- Dioscorea batatas subsp. rakuda Makino
- Dioscorea batatas subsp. tsukune Makino
- Dioscorea cayenensis var. pseudobatatas Hauman
- Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. pseudobatatas Hauman
- Dioscorea decaisneana Carrière
- Dioscorea doryphora Hance
- Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.
- Dioscorea polystachya f. elongata Nakai
- Dioscorea polystachya f. tsukune Nakai
- Dioscorea potaninii Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea pseudobatatas (Hauman) Herter
- Dioscorea rosthornii Diels
- Dioscorea swinhoei Rolfe