Dioscorea japonica
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| Dioscorea japonica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Dioscoreaceae |
| Genus: | Dioscorea |
| Species: | D. japonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Dioscorea japonica Thunb. 1784 |
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Dioscorea japonica (yamaimo, Japanese mountain yam) is a type of yam (Dioscorea) that is used for food. Jinenjo, also called wild yam) is related variety of Japanese yam that is used as an ingredient in soba noodles.
[edit] Names
In Japanese, it is known as yamaimo [1] (lit. mountain yam; kanji: 山芋 hiragana: やまいも).
Jinenjyo (lit. wild yam; kanji: 自然薯; hiragana: じねんじょ) is another kind of Dioscorea japonica, which is native to fields and mountains in Japan.
In Chinese it is known as Rìběnshǔyù (lit. Japanese Yam; 日本薯蓣[2])
In Korean it is known as cham ma 참마, as well as dang ma 당마 and sang yak 산약
[edit] References
- ^ Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Meyer, Frederick G.; Walker, Egbert H.. eds. Flora of Japan. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. p. 314. OCLC 742327504. http://www.archive.org/stream/floraofjapaninen00oiji#page/314/mode/1up. Retrieved 21 January, 2012.
- ^ "Dioscorea japonica in Flora of China @ efloras.org:". Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200028115. Retrieved 21 January, 2012.
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