Yam

Native to China, yamaimo or Chinese yam is a climbing plant that bears edible tuberous roots with hard white flesh that is encased in a thin, light brown or yellowish outer skin. The tuberous roots are similar in flavor to potatoes or water chestn... READ MORE

Mahoaa ufi is a yam variety of the Dioscorea alata L. species that is grown and cultivated in the Kingdom of Tonga. This yam typically bears large, round to elongated round tubers. Although other round or short yams generally hav... READ MORE

Lixian Ma Shan Yao are yam tubers, dried yam strips and chips of the "Dioscorea batatas Decne" species, produced in the Li County region, Hebei Province in China. Yams are cultivated in a traditional manner and techniques, where the sandy and loam... READ MORE

Kulo ufi is a type of edible yam cultivated and grown on the islands of Tonga. It belongs to the Dioscorea alata L. species, also known as water yam or white yam. This yam is a short or round white-fleshed variety whose flesh is ... READ MORE

Kau meile ufi is one of the edible yam varieties grown and cultivated in the Kingdom of Tonga. This yam type is a variety of the Dioscorea alata species, also known as water yam or white yam. It belongs to the group of yams chara... READ MORE

Voli ufi is an edible yam variety grown in the Kingdom of Tonga. The yam belongs to the Dioscorea alata species, also known as white yam or water yam. This type of yam is a part of the group of round yams or yams with short tuber... READ MORE

Hawaii ufi is a yam variety grown and cultivated in the Kingdom of Tonga that belongs to the Dioscorea alata species. It is also known as white yam or water yam. Among the varieties of this yam type are hawaii lo’a... READ MORE

One of the most highly-prized crops in the Kingdom of Tonga, the kahokaho ufi is a yam variety of the Dioscorea alata L. species. This yam is a long yam variety that yields long and slender white-fleshed tubers which are renowned... READ MORE

Ufi lei is a variety of Tongan yam that belongs to the Dioscorea esculenta species of the Dioscoreaceae family. Commonly known as sweet yam or lesser yam, ufi lei is a short type of yam that is typically planted during t... READ MORE

People of the Konak society living in New Caledonia have had a long-standing tradition of taro and yam cultivation, and both of these crops have been an integral part of the local diet, culture, and tradition for many generations. Things have chan... READ MORE