Dioscorea esculenta(DIUES)
Overview Code created in: 1996-10-28
- EPPO Code: DIUES
- Preferred name: Dioscorea esculenta
- Authority: (Loureiro) Burkill
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
Name | Authority |
---|---|
Dioscorea aculeata | Linnaeus |
Dioscorea fasciculata | Roxburgh |
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 |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal monocotyledons (
1MOND )
Order
Dioscoreales (
1DIOO )
Family
Dioscoreaceae (
1DIOF )
Genus
Dioscorea (
1DIUG )
Species
Dioscorea esculenta (
DIUES )