Dioscorea bulbifera(DIUBU)
Overview Code created in: 2002-07-19
- EPPO Code: DIUBU
- Preferred name: Dioscorea bulbifera
- Authority: Linnaeus
Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China, Japan, Korea, Africa (Sénégal to Sudan, to Angola and Mozambique), Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland). Cultivated as a relatively minor tuber crop and medicinal plant. Introduced in USA, (California, Florida), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest, eastern and central Brazil)
WSSA list of weeds in North America
Name | Language |
---|---|
air potato | English (US) |
air yam | English |
otaheite yam | English |
potato yam | English |
wild yam | English |
Knollenyam | German |
igname bulbifère | French |
name blanco | Spanish |
name Congo | Spanish (VE) |
name criollo | Spanish (VE) |
name de guada | Spanish |
name del aire | Spanish (CO) |
name de mata | Spanish (VE) |
papa caribe | Spanish (CR) |
papa del aire | Spanish (CR) |
batata-de-rama | Portuguese (BR) |
cara-de-aire | Portuguese (BR) |
cara-de-espinho | Portuguese (BR) |
cara-de-sapateiro | Portuguese (BR) |
inhame-de-bolbos-aéreos | Portuguese |
inhame-zambuco | Portuguese |
nigakashū | Japanese |
ニガカシュウ | Japanese |
huáng dú | Chinese |
黄独 | Chinese |
둥근마 | Korean |
dung geun ma | Korean |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal monocotyledons (
1MOND )
Order
Dioscoreales (
1DIOO )
Family
Dioscoreaceae (
1DIOF )
Genus
Dioscorea (
1DIUG )
Species
Dioscorea bulbifera (
DIUBU )