dioscorea

The plant in question is Ipomoea batatus, the true sweet potato, as distinguished from the yam, another species completely, called dioscorea.

Mexican Sweet Potatoes, from Soup to Dessert: Los Camotes 2006

The plant in question is Ipomoea batatus, the true sweet potato, as distinguished from the yam, another species completely, called dioscorea.

Mexican Sweet Potatoes, from Soup to Dessert: Los Camotes 2006

The plant in question is Ipomoea batatus, the true sweet potato, as distinguished from the yam, another species completely, called dioscorea.

Mexican Sweet Potatoes, from Soup to Dessert: Los Camotes 2006

A yam belongs to the genus dioscorea while a sweet potato belongs to the genus ipomoea.

I Yam What I Yam... Fer 2007

For a study of female immunological infertility by Chen Xiaoping, researchers used Guyin Decoction ginseng, rehmannia, dioscorea, cornus, cuscuta, polygala, schizandra, and licorice to treat 60 women with infertility attributed to antisperm immune response.

The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

For a study of female immunological infertility by Chen Xiaoping, researchers used Guyin Decoction ginseng, rehmannia, dioscorea, cornus, cuscuta, polygala, schizandra, and licorice to treat 60 women with infertility attributed to antisperm immune response.

The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

Production and economic evaluation of white guinea yam (dioscorea rotundata) minisetts under ridge and bed production systems in a tropical guinea savanna location, Nigeria.

1. Green manure crops in irrigated and rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems in south Asia. 1992

Production and economic evaluation of white guinea yam (dioscorea rotundata) minisetts under ridge and bed production systems in a tropical guinea savanna location, Nigeria. 28.

1. Green manure crops in irrigated and rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems in south Asia. 1992

Other extensively widespread pests which infest the yam tuber during storage are mealy bugs and yam mealy bugs (Aspidiella hartii and Planococcus dioscorea).

4 Yams 1978

This may be done by drinking freely of a decoction of yam-root, or _dioscorea villosa_, which is an effectual remedy in this affection.

The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877