Summary description from Wikipedia:

Dioscorea alata in languages:

Chinese

參薯

Chinese

大薯

Chinese

紫山藥

Chinese

田薯

Czech

smldinec křídlatý

English

Purple yam

English

Winged Yam

Indonesian

Ubi Kelapa

Japanese

ダイショ

Japanese

ダイジョ

Japanese

グンバイドコロ

Polish

pochrzyn skrzydlaty

Portuguese

Inhame-São-Tomé

Swedish

storjams

Thai

มันเสา

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Parent Taxon

• Dioscorea

Sibling Taxa

• Dioscorea abysmophila
• Dioscorea abyssinica
• Dioscorea acanthogene
• Dioscorea acerifolia
• Dioscorea acuminata
• Dioscorea adenantha
• Dioscorea aesculifolia
• Dioscorea aguilarii
• Dioscorea alata
• Dioscorea alatipes
• Dioscorea althaeoides
• Dioscorea amaranthoides
• Dioscorea amazonum
• Dioscorea amoena
• Dioscorea analalavensis
• Dioscorea ancachsensis
• Dioscorea antaly
• Dioscorea araucana
• Dioscorea arcuatinervis
• Dioscorea aristolochiifolia
• Dioscorea asclepiadea
• Dioscorea aspersa
• Dioscorea asteriscus
• Dioscorea auriculata
• Dioscorea bako
• Dioscorea balcanica
• Dioscorea banzhuana
• Dioscorea bartlettii
• Dioscorea basiclavicaulis
• Dioscorea belophylla
• Dioscorea bemandry
• Dioscorea bemarivensis
• Dioscorea benthamii
• Dioscorea berenicea
• Dioscorea bernoulliana
• Dioscorea besseriana
• Dioscorea bicolor
• Dioscorea biformifolia
• Dioscorea birmanica
• Dioscorea bosseri
• Dioscorea brachybotrya
• Dioscorea bridgesii
• Dioscorea brownii
• Dioscorea bryoniifolia
• Dioscorea buchananii
• Dioscorea buckleyana
• Dioscorea bulbifera
• Dioscorea burchellii
• Dioscorea burkilliana
• Dioscorea calcicola
• Dioscorea campestris
• Dioscorea carionis
• Dioscorea carpomaculata
• Dioscorea castilloniana
• Dioscorea caucasica
• Dioscorea cayenensis
• Dioscorea ceratandra
• Dioscorea chiapasensis
• Dioscorea chimborazensis
• Dioscorea chingii
• Dioscorea chondrocarpa
• Dioscorea choriandra
• Dioscorea chouardii
• Dioscorea cienegensis
• Dioscorea cirrhosa
• Dioscorea collettii
• Dioscorea comorensis
• Dioscorea composita
• Dioscorea convolvulacea
• Dioscorea conzattii
• Dioscorea coreana
• Dioscorea coriacea
• Dioscorea cotinifolia
• Dioscorea cruzensis
• Dioscorea cumingii
• Dioscorea cyanisticta
• Dioscorea cymosula
• Dioscorea cyphocarpa
• Dioscorea decaryana
• Dioscorea delavayi
• Dioscorea deltoidea
• Dioscorea densiflora
• Dioscorea diversifolia
• Dioscorea dodecaneura
• Dioscorea dregeana
• Dioscorea dugesii
• Dioscorea dumetorum
• Dioscorea entomophila
• Dioscorea esculenta
• Dioscorea esquirolii
• Dioscorea exalata
• Dioscorea fandra
• Dioscorea fasciculocongesta
• Dioscorea fastigiata
• Dioscorea filiformis
• Dioscorea flabellifolia
• Dioscorea flaccida
• Dioscorea floribunda
• Dioscorea floridana
• Dioscorea fordii
• Dioscorea formosana
• Dioscorea futschauensis
• Dioscorea galeottiana
• Dioscorea gallegosi
• Dioscorea garrettii
• Dioscorea gaumeri
• Dioscorea gillettii
• Dioscorea glabra
• Dioscorea glandulosa
• Dioscorea glomerulata
• Dioscorea gomez-pompae
• Dioscorea gracilis
• Dioscorea gracillima
• Dioscorea grandis
• Dioscorea grisebachii
• Dioscorea guerrerensis
• Dioscorea hamiltonii
• Dioscorea hastatissima
• Dioscorea hastifolia
• Dioscorea hemicrypta
• Dioscorea hemsleyi
• Dioscorea heteropoda
• Dioscorea hexagona
• Dioscorea hintonii
• Dioscorea hirtiflora
• Dioscorea hispida
• Dioscorea hondurensis
• Dioscorea howardiana
• Dioscorea humifusa
• Dioscorea humilis
• Dioscorea hurteri
• Dioscorea igualamontana
• Dioscorea insignis
• Dioscorea jaliscana
• Dioscorea japonica
• Dioscorea juxtlahuacensis
• Dioscorea kalkapershadii
• Dioscorea kamoonensis
• Dioscorea kingii
• Dioscorea kituiensis
• Dioscorea koyamae
• Dioscorea lamprocaula
• Dioscorea lanata
• Dioscorea larecajensis
• Dioscorea laurifolia
• Dioscorea lehmannii
• Dioscorea lepcharum
• Dioscorea lepida
• Dioscorea liebmannii
• Dioscorea linearicordata
• Dioscorea longicuspis
• Dioscorea longipes
• Dioscorea longirhiza
• Dioscorea longituba
• Dioscorea maciba
• Dioscorea macrantha
• Dioscorea macvaughii
• Dioscorea madecassa
• Dioscorea martini
• Dioscorea matagalpensis
• Dioscorea matsudai
• Dioscorea matudae
• Dioscorea mayottensis
• Dioscorea megalantha
• Dioscorea megaphylla
• Dioscorea melanophyma
• Dioscorea menglaensis
• Dioscorea meridensis
• Dioscorea mesoamericana
• Dioscorea mexicana
• Dioscorea microbotrya
• Dioscorea minima
• Dioscorea minutiflora
• Dioscorea mitis
• Dioscorea mitoensis
• Dioscorea morelosana
• Dioscorea mucronata
• Dioscorea multiloba
• Dioscorea multinervis
• Dioscorea mundii
• Dioscorea nako
• Dioscorea namorokensis
• Dioscorea nana
• Dioscorea natalia
• Dioscorea nelsonii
• Dioscorea nematodes
• Dioscorea nipponica
• Dioscorea nitens
• Dioscorea oaxacensis
• Dioscorea oligophylla
• Dioscorea omiltemensis
• Dioscorea oppositifolia
• Dioscorea orangeana
• Dioscorea orbiculata
• Dioscorea oreodoxa
• Dioscorea orizabensis
• Dioscorea ovinala
• Dioscorea pallens
• Dioscorea palmeri
• Dioscorea panthaica
• Dioscorea pantojensis
• Dioscorea pedicellata
• Dioscorea pentaphylla
• Dioscorea perdicum
• Dioscorea pilosiuscula
• Dioscorea piperifolia
• Dioscorea piscatorum
• Dioscorea platycolpota
• Dioscorea plumifera
• Dioscorea poilanei
• Dioscorea polyclados
• Dioscorea polygonoides
• Dioscorea polystachya
• Dioscorea prainiana
• Dioscorea prazeri
• Dioscorea preslii
• Dioscorea preussii
• Dioscorea pringlei
• Dioscorea pseudomacrocapsa
• Dioscorea pteropoda
• Dioscorea pubera
• Dioscorea pumicicola
• Dioscorea putumayensis
• Dioscorea pyrenaica
• Dioscorea pyrifolia
• Dioscorea quartiniana
• Dioscorea quaternata
• Dioscorea quinquelobata
• Dioscorea racemosa
• Dioscorea remotiflora
• Dioscorea reticulata
• Dioscorea retusa
• Dioscorea reversiflora
• Dioscorea rimbachii
• Dioscorea rosei
• Dioscorea rupicola
• Dioscorea sagittata
• Dioscorea sagittifolia
• Dioscorea salicifolia
• Dioscorea sambiranensis
• Dioscorea sandwithii
• Dioscorea sansibarensis
• Dioscorea santanderensis
• Dioscorea saxatilis
• Dioscorea scortechinii
• Dioscorea septemloba
• Dioscorea sericea
• Dioscorea seriflora
• Dioscorea sessiliflora
• Dioscorea simulans
• Dioscorea sinoparviflora
• Dioscorea sinuata
• Dioscorea soso
• Dioscorea spiculiflora
• Dioscorea spongiosa
• Dioscorea stenomeriflora
• Dioscorea stenopetala
• Dioscorea sterilis
• Dioscorea stipulosa
• Dioscorea strydomiana
• Dioscorea subcalva
• Dioscorea subhastata
• Dioscorea subtomentosa
• Dioscorea sumiderensis
• Dioscorea syringifolia
• Dioscorea tacanensis
• Dioscorea tamarisciflora
• Dioscorea tancitarensis
• Dioscorea temascaltepecensis
• Dioscorea tenella
• Dioscorea tentaculigera
• Dioscorea tenuipes
• Dioscorea togoensis
• Dioscorea tokoro
• Dioscorea tomentosa
• Dioscorea torticaulis
• Dioscorea transversa
• Dioscorea triandria
• Dioscorea trichantha
• Dioscorea trifida
• Dioscorea trifoliata
• Dioscorea trifurcata
• Dioscorea trilinguis
• Dioscorea tubiperianthia
• Dioscorea ulinei
• Dioscorea urceolata
• Dioscorea urophylla
• Dioscorea uruapanensis
• Dioscorea variifolia
• Dioscorea velutipes
• Dioscorea villosa
• Dioscorea volckmannii
• Dioscorea wallichii
• Dioscorea warmingii
• Dioscorea wightii
• Dioscorea xizangensis
• Dioscorea yunnanensis
• Dioscorea zingiberensis
• Rajania
• Tamus

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