Dioscorea alata
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dioscorea-alata-231-794266
title:
Dioscorea alata
text:
beniimo Dioscorea alata – also called ube, ubi, purple yam, or greater yam, among many other names – is a species of yam. The tubers are usually a vivid violet-purple to bright lavender in color, but some range in color from cream to plain white. It is sometimes confused with taro and the Okinawa sweet potato beniimo (紅芋), however D. alata is also grown in Okinawa. With its origins in the Asian tropics, D. alata has been known to humans since ancient times.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of yam
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscorea_alata
date created:
2004-02-20T04:52:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T22:29:44Z
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13
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