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Genus of yams
Dioscorea is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of
Dioscorea
Species of yam
Dioscorea alata – also called ube, ubi, uwhi, purple yam, or greater yam, among many other names – is a species of yam (a tuber). The tubers are usually
Dioscorea_alata
Species of yam from Asia
Dioscorea japonica, known as East Asian mountain yam, yamaimo, or Japanese mountain yam, is a type of yam (Dioscorea) native to Japan (including Ryukyu
Dioscorea_japonica
Species of flowering plant in the yam family
Dioscorea communis or Tamus communis is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae and is commonly known as black bryony, lady's-seal
Dioscorea_communis
Species of yam from East Asia
Dioscorea polystachya or Chinese yam (shānyào, simplified Chinese: 山药; traditional Chinese: 山藥), also called cinnamon-vine, is a species of flowering
Chinese_yam
Species of flowering plant in the yam family
Dioscorea bulbifera (commonly known as the air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, aerial yam, and parsnip yam) is a species of true
Dioscorea_bulbifera
Species of yam from North America
Dioscorea villosa is a species of twining tuberous vine which is native to eastern North America. It is commonly known as wild yam, colic root, rheumatism
Dioscorea_villosa
Edible starchy tuber
Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers (some other species in the genus being
Yam_(vegetable)
Species of yam
Dioscorea esculenta is a species of flowering plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common name lesser yam, and is native
Dioscorea_esculenta
Species of yam from Africa
Dioscorea elephantipes, the elephant's foot yam or Hottentot bread, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Dioscorea of the family Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea_elephantipes
Species of yam
Dioscorea trifida is a species of flowering plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is a species of yam (genus Dioscorea). It is native to the Caribbean
Dioscorea_trifida
Species of yam from Africa
Dioscorea dumetorum, also known as the bitter yam, cluster yam, trifoliate yam, or three-leaved yam, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family
Dioscorea_dumetorum
Species of yam
Dioscorea cayenensis is a species of yam in the genus Dioscorea that is a widely consumed West African domesticated crop. Dioscorea rotundata is sometimes
Dioscorea_cayenensis
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea oppositifolia is a type of yam (Dioscorea) native to Myanmar (Burma) and to the Indian subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh). The plant
Dioscorea_oppositifolia
Species of yam
Dioscorea bernoulliana is a type of yam in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. It usually grows in woodlands
Dioscorea_bernoulliana
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea sylvatica ("forest elephant's foot") is a species of a twining tuberous vine that is native to Africa. It is common and widespread in forest
Dioscorea_sylvatica
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea hamiltonii is a species of Dioscorea native to southern China, Taiwan, northern Indochina (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar) and the Himalayas (Nepal
Dioscorea_hamiltonii
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea altissima is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea that is indigenous to forested areas of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Central America north to
Dioscorea_altissima
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea abyssinica is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea native to several Central African countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African
Dioscorea_abyssinica
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea amazonum is a flowering plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is a herbaceous vine that is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana
Dioscorea_amazonum
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea rimbachii is a species in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, in which it grows from altitudes of 2,000 to 4,000 meters. Rojas
Dioscorea_rimbachii
Species of yam from Australia
Dioscorea transversa, the pencil yam, is a vine of eastern and northern Australia. The leaves are heart-shaped, shiny, with 5-7 prominent veins. The seed
Dioscorea_transversa
Species of yam
Dioscorea dregeana, the wild yam, is a perennial creeper that is native to the eastern parts of southern Africa. It is commonly used and traded as a traditional
Dioscorea_dregeana
Species of yam
Dioscorea floridana, the Florida yam, is a plant species native to Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. It grows in wet and sandy places at low
Dioscorea_floridana
Species of plant
Dioscorea ovinala is a species of yam in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar and grows mostly in dry deciduous forests. Dioscorea ovinala
Dioscorea_ovinala
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea abysmophila is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea. It is native to Venezuela, with the type locality listed as "Estado do Amazonas, São
Dioscorea_abysmophila
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea orizabensis is a species of yam in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is native to the Jalisco and Veracruz states of Mexico. The plant is a climbing
Dioscorea_orizabensis
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea pentaphylla is a species of flowering plant in the yam family known by the common name fiveleaf yam. It is native to southern and eastern Asia
Dioscorea_pentaphylla
Sex hormone
of these are Dioscorea villosa and Dioscorea polygonoides. One study showed that the Dioscorea villosa contains 3.5% diosgenin. Dioscorea polygonoides
Progesterone
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea trilinguis it is a species of flowering plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte that is native to southeastern
Dioscorea_trilinguis
Species of flowering plant
Dioscorea cirrhosa, commonly known as the dyeing yam, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is a perennial, dioecious climbing
Dioscorea_cirrhosa
Species of yam
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata, commonly known as the white yam, West African yam, Guinea yam, or white ñame, is a subspecies of yam native to
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata
Dioscorea_cayenensis_subsp._rotundata
Species of yam from Asia
Dioscorea deltoidea, the Nepal yam, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. Its native range is the Himalayas through to south-central
Dioscorea_deltoidea
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea analalavensis is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea which is native to Madagascar. "Dioscorea analalavensis". Plants of the World Online
Dioscorea_analalavensis
Species of yam
Dioscorea composita, or barbasco, is a species of yam in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Mexico. It is notable for its role in the production
Dioscorea_composita
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea mexicana, Mexican yam or cabeza de negro is a species of yam in the genus Dioscorea. Dioscorea mexicana is a caudiciform dioscorea having either
Dioscorea_mexicana
Species of yam
Dioscorea hispida, also known as the Indian three-leaved yam, (Tagalog: nami, Indonesia: gadung) is a species of yam in the genus Dioscorea, native to
Dioscorea_hispida
Species of yam
Dioscorea pseudomacrocapsa is a species of yam in the family Dioscoreaceae. It occurs in southeastern Brazil, and grows in tropical rainforests. Contu
Dioscorea_pseudomacrocapsa
Species of plant
Dioscorea acuminata is a herbaceous vine in the family Dioscoreaceae, which is listed as an endangered species by the IUCN Red List. It is indigenous
Dioscorea_acuminata
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea stipulosa is a type of climbing tuberous geophyte of the family Dioscoreaceae. It is endemic to the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Hills
Dioscorea_stipulosa
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea aesculifolia is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea. The type specimen was collected in Brazil in 1994. The type specimen is damaged, but
Dioscorea_aesculifolia
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea sericea (common names: wild yam, colic-root, rheumatism-root) is a type of climbing tuberous geophyte in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is native
Dioscorea_sericea
Chemical compound
acids, strong bases, or enzymes of saponins, extracted from the tubers of Dioscorea wild yam species, such as the Kokoro. It is also present in smaller amounts
Diosgenin
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea andromedusae is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea which is native to Peru, where the type specimen was collected from the hillside grottos
Dioscorea_andromedusae
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea fordii is a herbaceous vine with oppositely arranged leaves and large, starchy rhizomes which grow vertically into the soil. It is indigenous
Dioscorea_fordii
Plant roots used as a vegetable
(yellow lily yam) Conopodium majus (pignut or earthnut) Dioscorea spp. (yams, ube) Dioscorea polystachya (nagaimo, Chinese yam, Korean yam, mountain yam
Root_vegetable
Species of yam from Asia
Dioscorea wallichii is a type of climbing tuberous geophyte of the family Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Dioscorea_wallichii
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea strydomiana is a critically endangered species of yam (family Dioscoreaceae) from South Africa with fewer than 250 mature individuals known
Dioscorea_strydomiana
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea rosei is a vine in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador and it is threatened by habitat destruction. Rojas, W.; Valenzuela, J
Dioscorea_rosei
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea althaeoides is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea which is indigenous to the Guizhou, Sichuan, and eastern Xizang provinces of China,
Dioscorea_althaeoides
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea acanthogene is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea; it is native to Bolivia, west-central Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Peru. A specimen
Dioscorea_acanthogene
Chemical compound
in several parts of Asia. It was first isolated from Dioscorea hirsute (synonymous with Dioscorea hirsuta) by Boorsma in 1894 and obtained in a crystalline
Dioscorine
Species of yam
Dioscorea zingiberensis, is a species of yam, a tuberous root vegetable. It has been cultivated in China for the production of diosgenin, an important
Dioscorea_zingiberensis
Greco-Roman physician and pharmacologist, prominent writer on plant drugs (AD c.40–90)
and cultural changes and changes in medical theory". The plant genus Dioscorea, which includes the yam, was named after him by Linnaeus. A butterfly
Dioscorides
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea aguilarii is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea which is indigenous to El Salvador. The type specimen was collected in 1994 from an oak
Dioscorea_aguilarii
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea alatipes is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea. It is indigenous to the Morondava Prefecture in Madagascar and is listed as a vulnerable
Dioscorea_alatipes
Species of yam from Africa
Dioscorea praehensilis is a species of yam in the genus Dioscorea native to Africa. It is the wild progenitor of the West African domesticated crops Dioscorea
Dioscorea_praehensilis
Ancient expansion of agriculture
(Dioscorea alata), round yam (Dioscorea bulbifera), intoxicating yam (Dioscorea hispida), lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta), Pacific yam (Dioscorea nummularia)
Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia
Domesticated_plants_and_animals_of_Austronesia
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea amaranthoides is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. One specimen was found in the
Dioscorea_amaranthoides
Philippine dessert made from purple yam
'jelly') is a Filipino dessert made from boiled and mashed purple yam (Dioscorea alata, locally known as ube). Ube halaya is the main base in ube/purple
Ube_halaya
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea ancachsensis is a herbaceous plant in the genus Dioscorea that is native to Peru. It is uncertain if these specimens are mature, but they are
Dioscorea_ancachsensis
was the trade of the diosgenin-rich yam species Dioscorea mexicana, Dioscorea floribunda and Dioscorea composita which emerged in Mexico in the 1950s as
Mexican_barbasco_trade
Species of yam
Dioscorea chimborazensis is a type of yam in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Rojas, W.; Valenzuela, J.C.; Pitman, N. (2004). "Dioscorea
Dioscorea_chimborazensis
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea balcanica, the Balkan yam, is a herbaceous perennial in the family Dioscoreaceae. Dioscorea balcanica reaches a height of 2–5 m (7–16 ft). The
Dioscorea_balcanica
Index of plants with the same common name
plants and may refer to: Dioscorea dregeana, native to southern Africa Dioscorea japonica, native to eastern Asia Dioscorea villosa, native to eastern
Wild_yam
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea orangeana is a tuberous vining flowering plant in the genus Dioscorea, endemic the Forêt d’Orangea near Antsiranana in Madagascar, from which
Dioscorea_orangeana
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea sansibarensis is a species of flowering plant in the yam family known by the common name Zanzibar yam. It is native to Madagascar and to tropical
Dioscorea_sansibarensis
Flowering plants in the order Dioscoreales recorded from South Africa
Dioscoreaceae, Genus Dioscorea: Dioscorea brownii Schinz, endemic Dioscorea buchananii Benth. subsp. undatiloba (Baker) Wilkin, endemic Dioscorea burchellii Baker
List of Dioscoreales of South Africa
List_of_Dioscoreales_of_South_Africa
Genus of bacteria
dioscoreae). O. dioscorreae was first isolated from the leaf glands of Dioscorea sansibarensis, a flowering plant from the yam family. "Orrella". Www.uniprot
Orrella
Species of flowering plant
Dioscorea floribunda, the medicinal yam or mule's-hoof, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is found from central Mexico to
Dioscorea_floribunda
Food starch
from Palawan-Philippines arrowroot ("uraro/araro"), Guyana arrowroot (Dioscorea alata), Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria lobata), also called kudzu, and purple
Arrowroot
Index of plants with the same common name
name for several species of yam and may refer to: Dioscorea bulbifera, native to Africa and Asia Dioscorea dumetorum, native to Africa This page is an index
Bitter_yam
Dough-like food from Nigeria
is yam-based. The particular yam species best for preparing àmàlà is Dioscorea cayenensis (Ikoro) because of its high starch content. Because of its
Amala_(food)
Type of Vietnamese dessert
chè khoai tía) - made from Dioscorea alata Chè khoai tây - made from potato Chè khoai từ (or chè củ từ) - made from Dioscorea esculenta Chè mè đen - made
Chè
Subregion of Oceania
they still cultivated other ancestral Austronesian staple cultigens like Dioscorea yams and taro (the latter are still grown with smaller-scale paddy field
Polynesia
Speakers of Austronesian languages
along with the migrations, including rice, bananas, coconuts, breadfruit, Dioscorea yams, taro, paper mulberry, chickens, pigs, and dogs. The linguistic connections
Austronesian_peoples
Staple crop
for wheat and 840,000 kJ/ha (200,000 kcal/ha) for maize. Cassava, yams (Dioscorea spp.), and sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are important sources of food
Cassava
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea juxtlahuacensis is a plant species endemic to a small area in the State of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. It is known only from the Santiago Juztlahuaca
Dioscorea_juxtlahuacensis
Type of woody vine
Celastrus Connaraceae Connarus Dilleniaceae Doliocarpus Dioscoreaceae Dioscorea, e.g. D. sylvatica Fabaceae some Acacia, e.g. A. concinna Callerya megasperma
Liana
Order of lilioid monocotyledonous flowering plants
Dioscoreales contains the family Dioscoreaceae, which notably includes the yams (Dioscorea) and several other bulbous and tuberous plants, some of which are heavily
Dioscoreales
Chinese fluffy breed of chicken
Chinese soup made with Silkie also uses ingredients such as wolfberries, Dioscorea polystachya (mountain yam), aged dried citrus peel, and fresh ginger.
Silkie
similar to Dioscorea hispida Dioscorea esculenta (lesser yam, Chinese yam) - Asian origin Out of these, Dioscorea rotundata (white yam) and Dioscorea alata
Yam_production_in_Nigeria
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea chouardii (synonym: Borderea chouardii) is a herbaceous plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is endemic to a single cliff located in the Pyrenees
Dioscorea_chouardii
Topics referred to by the same term
Mountain yam may refer to: Chinese yam or Dioscorea polystachya Japanese mountain yam, which could refer to Dioscorea japonica, or yamatoimo [ja], which is
Mountain_yam
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea quartiniana is a climbing tuber geophyte in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory
Dioscorea_quartiniana
Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea spicata is a herbaceous perennial in the family Dioscoreaceae. First described by Albrecht Wilhelm Roth in 1821. It is placed in Section Enantiophyllum
Dioscorea_spicata
Yoruba water yam-based dish
dish among the Yoruba people, popular among the Ijebu. It is made from Dioscorea alata, called Isu Ewura in Yoruba, grated and cooked with ingredients
Ikokore
Plant chemical defense
Dioscoreaceae: Dioscorea bulbifera (root, bulbil) Dioscorea esculenta (root) Dioscorea hispida (root, petiole) Dioscorea japonica (root) Dioscorea polystachya
Raphide
Topics referred to by the same term
Torticaulis may refer to: Dioscorea torticaulis, a species of the flowering plant genus Dioscorea Senecio torticaulis, a species of the genus Senecio
Torticaulis
Species of moth
described by Yasuda in 2000. It is found in Japan. The larvae feed on Dioscorea oposita. They mine the leaves of their host plant. A new species of the
Acrolepiopsis_nagaimo
Chemical compound
in a number of plant species, most notably in the Tribulus, Trigonella Dioscorea and Trillium families. It is best known as the putative active component
Protodioscin
Species of butterfly
various plants, including Quercus mongolica, Dioscorea nipponica, Dioscorea butatas, Dioscorea japonica and Dioscorea japonica var. pseudojaponica. Tagiades
Tagiades_tethys
Topics referred to by the same term
ube in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. UBE or Ube may refer to: Ube (Dioscorea alata), also known as the purple yam, a species of edible yams Ube halaya
UBE
Mexican pharmaceutical company
steroids from the Mexican yams called cabeza de negro (Dioscorea mexicana) and Barbasco (Dioscorea composita). The demand for barbasco by Syntex initiated
Syntex
successful instance being the discovery in 1947 of the tuber barbasco (Dioscorea composita) which has a high content of diosgenin, revolutionizing the
Wildlife_of_Mexico
Genus of viruses
alphacolocalasiae, Taro bacilliform virus Badnavirus alphadioscoreae, Dioscorea bacilliform AL virus Badnavirus alphainflatheobromae, Cacao swollen shoot
Badnavirus
Synthetic route in steroid chemistry
sapogenin called diosgenin which had previously been found in Japanese yams (Dioscorea tokoro). Marker showed that both sarsasapogenin and diosgenin could be
Marker_degradation
Species of insect
(thistle) Cosmos Dahlia Daucus (carrot) Dendranthema Digitalis (foxglove) Dioscorea (Yam) Dolichos Echinacea (coneflower) Hemerocallis (daylily) Heuchera
Japanese_beetle
Species of moth
Brassica oleracea (cabbage) Brugmansia (angel trumpet) Cannabis Citrus Dioscorea Euphorbia Helianthus (sunflower) Lagerstroemia (crepe myrtle) Lactuca
Giant_leopard_moth
Turmeric Curcuma longa Turnip Brassica rapa (rapifera) Ube (Purple yam) Dioscorea alata Ulluco Ullucus tuberosus Wasabi Wasabia japonica Water caltrop Trapa
List_of_vegetables
DIOSCOREA
DIOSCOREA
DIOSCOREA
DIOSCOREA
Surname or Lastname
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German kint, German Kind ‘child’, hence a nickname for someone with a childish or naive disposition, or an epithet used to distinguish between a father and his son. In some cases it may be a short form of any of various names ending in -kind, a patronymic ending of Jewish surnames.Dutch : variant spelling of Kint, cognate with 1, also found in such forms as ’t Kind and compounds such as Jongkind.English : nickname from Middle English kind (Old English gecynde) in any of its many senses: ‘legitimate’, ‘dutiful’, ‘benevolent’, ‘loving’, ‘gracious’.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Finnish, German, Norse, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Swedish
Wealth; Ancestor; Precious; Worth; Defender of Mankind; Holy; Man's Defender; Life; Well-being
Surname or Lastname
North German
North German : from a Middle Low German personal name, Asc, originally meaning ‘spearman’ (see Ash).German : habitational name from any of various minor places named with asch ‘ash (tree)’. Compare Ascher.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Ash.English : variant spelling of Ash. See also Asche.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Chaste; Devout; Pious
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Beautiful Girl
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish (of Norman origin)
English, Scottish, and northern Irish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from a place in Calvados, France, so named from Old French mont ‘hill’ + a Germanic personal name composed of the elements guma ‘man’ + rīc ‘power’. In Ireland this surname has been Gaelicized as Mac Iomaire and in Scotland as Mac Gumaraid.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Suroopika | ஸà¯à®°à¯‚பீகாÂ
Boy/Male
Biblical
His shade; his image.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, Christian, English, French, Irish
Spear-friend; Rough; Little Rough One
Boy/Male
Indian
Heavy
DIOSCOREA
DIOSCOREA
DIOSCOREA
DIOSCOREA
DIOSCOREA
n.
A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceae, Smilaceae, Trilliaceae, etc.
n.
A genus of plants. See Yam.
n.
A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated.