EPPO Global Database

Dioscorea esculenta(DIUES)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: DIUES
  • Preferred name: Dioscorea esculenta
  • Authority: (Loureiro) Burkill

Notes

Himalayas, Bangladesh, northeast India, Indochina, Malesia New Guinea. Cultivated as a minor tuber crop, mainly in tropical Asia. Introduced in peninsular India, China (including Taiwan), West Africa, Madagascar, Caribbean


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Dioscorea aculeata Linnaeus
Dioscorea fasciculata Roxburgh

Common names
Name Language
fancy yam English
lesser yam English
potato yam English
asiatischer Yam German
igname comestible French
name asiatico Spanish
name papa Spanish
batata-de-goa Portuguese
inhame-de-são-tomé Portuguese
gān shǔ Chinese
甘薯 Chinese