Dioscoreaceae
Elephant's foot yam
Dioscorea elephantipes
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Dioscorea
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Common names
By language (10)
- Afrikaans
- Hottentotsbrood
- Arabic
- ديسقوريا رجل الفيل
- arz
- ديسقوريا رجل الفيل
- Chinese
- 龜甲龍, 龟甲龙, 南非龟甲龙
- Dutch
- Hottentotsbrood, Olifantenpoot, Olifantenvoetyam, Schildpadrug
- English
- Elephant's foot yam, Hottentot-bread, Elephant's foot, Hottentot bread, Tortoise plant, Turtle back, Turtle shell
- German
- Elefantenfuß
- Japanese
- キッコウリュウ
- Persian
- دایوسکوریا الفانتیپس
- Russian
- Диоскорея слоновая
Synonyms
- Dioscorea elephantopus Spreng.
- Dioscorea montana (Burch.) Spreng.
- Dioscorea testudinaria R.Knuth
- Rhizemys elephantipes (L'Hér.) Raf.
- Rhizemys montana (Burch.) Raf.
- Tamus elephantipes L'Hér.
- Testudinaria elephantipes (L'Hér.) Burch.
- Testudinaria elephantipes Salisb.
- Testudinaria elephantipes f. montana (Burch.) G.D.Rowley
- Testudinaria montana Burch.
Photos
Photo: wielies, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: outramps-tanniedi, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: outramps-tanniedi, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: outramps-tanniedi, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: outramps-tanniedi, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Chinese yamDioscorea oppositifoliaDioscoreaceae
- Japanese yamDioscorea japonicaDioscoreaceae
- Fiveleaf yamDioscorea pentaphyllaDioscoreaceae
- Wild yamDioscorea villosaDioscoreaceae
- YamDioscorea hispidaDioscoreaceae
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- Indian yamDioscorea trifidaDioscoreaceae
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.