Description

Yam is a collective name for tuber-bearing crops belonging to the monocotyledonous Dioscorea genus in the family Dioscoreaceae of the order Dioscoreales.This genus contains approximately 450 species which are primarily distributed in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. D. rotundata is a medicinal and edible homologous plant.

Scientific classitication

Family: Dioscoreaceae

Genus: Dioscorea

Common Name

Bai Shan Yao

Reference

Tamiru, M., Natsume, S., Takagi, H., White, B., Yaegashi, H., Shimizu, M., ... & Urasaki, N. (2017). Genome sequencing of the staple food crop white Guinea yam enables the development of a molecular marker for sex determination. BMC biology, 15(1), 86.

Reference

Tamiru, M., Natsume, S., Takagi, H., White, B., Yaegashi, H., Shimizu, M., ... & Urasaki, N. (2017). Genome sequencing of the staple food crop white Guinea yam enables the development of a molecular marker for sex determination. BMC biology, 15(1), 86.

Reference

Tamiru, M., Natsume, S., Takagi, H., White, B., Yaegashi, H., Shimizu, M., ... & Urasaki, N. (2017). Genome sequencing of the staple food crop white Guinea yam enables the development of a molecular marker for sex determination. BMC biology, 15(1), 86.

Reference

Tamiru, M., Natsume, S., Takagi, H., White, B., Yaegashi, H., Shimizu, M., ... & Urasaki, N. (2017). Genome sequencing of the staple food crop white Guinea yam enables the development of a molecular marker for sex determination. BMC biology, 15(1), 86.