Dioscorea bulbifera(DIUBU)
Overview Code created in: 2002-07-19
- EPPO Code: DIUBU
- Preferred name: Dioscorea bulbifera
- Authority: Linnaeus
Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China, Japan, Korea, Africa (Sénégal to Sudan, to Angola and Mozambique), Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland). Cultivated as a relatively minor tuber crop and medicinal plant. Introduced in USA, (California, Florida), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest, eastern and central Brazil)
WSSA list of weeds in North America
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| air potato | English (US) |
| air yam | English |
| otaheite yam | English |
| potato yam | English |
| wild yam | English |
| Knollenyam | German |
| igname bulbifère | French |
| name blanco | Spanish |
| name Congo | Spanish (VE) |
| name criollo | Spanish (VE) |
| name de guada | Spanish |
| name del aire | Spanish (CO) |
| name de mata | Spanish (VE) |
| papa caribe | Spanish (CR) |
| papa del aire | Spanish (CR) |
| batata-de-rama | Portuguese (BR) |
| cara-de-aire | Portuguese (BR) |
| cara-de-espinho | Portuguese (BR) |
| cara-de-sapateiro | Portuguese (BR) |
| inhame-de-bolbos-aéreos | Portuguese |
| inhame-zambuco | Portuguese |
| nigakashū | Japanese |
| ニガカシュウ | Japanese |
| huáng dú | Chinese |
| 黄独 | Chinese |
| 둥근마 | Korean |
| dung geun ma | Korean |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal monocotyledons (
1MOND )
Order
Dioscoreales (
1DIOO )
Family
Dioscoreaceae (
1DIOF )
Genus
Dioscorea (
1DIUG )
Species
Dioscorea bulbifera (
DIUBU )