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Disocorea villosa, bread root, yam, wild yam root
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Yam root, the root of the yam plant, also known as yam, a genus of plants from the yam family (Dioscoreaceae) native to the tropics. The plant genus is species-rich (includes up to 800 species). Yam species grow as perennial herbaceous plants. They form large, up to 2m long, sweet-tasting rhizomes or root tubers. The rhizome becomes edible when soaked in water. Yams are widely used as food in South America, Africa and the Caribbean. Phytotherapeutically, the yam root is used to alleviate menopausal and menstrual symptoms due to the plant hormones (phytohormones) it contains. see also Rhizoma Dioscoreae villosae.
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- Burger A et al. (1993) Hunnius Pharmazeutisches Wörterbuch 7th edition Walter de Gruyter Berlin-New York pp. S432-433
- https://heilkraeuter.de/lexikon/yams.htm
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