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Disocorea villosa, bread root, yam, wild yam root
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Yam root, also known as yam or yam, is a plant genus native to the tropics from the yam family (Dioscoreaceae). The plant genus is rich in species (includes up to 800 species). Yams species grow as perennial herbaceous plants. They form large, up to 2m long, sweet-tasting rhizomes or root tubers. The rhizome becomes edible by soaking in water. In South America, Africa and the Caribbean yams are widely used as food.
The yam plant is the parent plant of Rhizoma Dioscoreae villosae, the dried rootstock without roots.
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