Dioscoreaceae | LU Humanities Lab Archive

: Dioscorea alata; Scientific Name: Dioscorea alata Common Name: white yam Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 2064552, Khmu Name: kwáay òm 'water yam', Description: A wild yam which grows near streams and rivers. The vine is 8–10 m long and climbs a tree. There can be four or five tubers in the same hole, 1–1.5 m down into the ground. People dig it up and make a soup or steam it and eat with rice. It tastes better than other wild tubers., Latitude (deg): 20.5719833 Longitude (deg): 102.3472167 Altitude (m): 667, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen

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