Dioscorea japonica

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endangered perennial medicinal 2024 1977

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Home Plants magnoliophyta liliopsida dioscoreales dioscoreaceae dioscorea Dioscorea japonica

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1784

japanese yam

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Dioscorea japonica, known as East Asian mountain yam, yamaimo, or Japanese mountain yam, is a type of yam (Dioscorea) native to Japan (including Ryukyu and Bonin Islands), Korea, China, Taiwan, and Assam. Dioscorea japonica is used for food. Jinenjo, also called the wild yam, is a related variety of Japanese yam that is used as an ingredient in soba noodles....read more on Wikipedia.