Dioscoreaceae
Yam
Dioscorea composita
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Dioscorea
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- ديسقوريا مركبة
- Chinese
- 菊叶薯蓣
- English
- Yam
Synonyms
- Dioscorea tepinapensis Uline ex R.Knuth
- Dioscorea tepinapensis var. aggregata Uline ex R.Knuth
Photos
Photo: Ryan Somma, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Dioscorea
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- Chinese yamDioscorea polystachyaDioscoreaceae
- Lesser yamDioscorea esculentaDioscoreaceae
- Chinese yamDioscorea oppositifoliaDioscoreaceae
- Japanese yamDioscorea japonicaDioscoreaceae
- Fiveleaf yamDioscorea pentaphyllaDioscoreaceae
- Wild yamDioscorea villosaDioscoreaceae
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- Yellow guinea yamDioscorea cayennensisDioscoreaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.