Dioscoreaceae
Yam
Dioscorea hispida
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Dioscorea
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Common names
By language (14)
- ace
- Janèng
- ban
- Jangga
- Chinese
- 大苦薯, 白薯莨, 山薯, 榜薯, 白薯榔, 野葛薯
- English
- Yam, Intoxicating yam
- Igbo
- Yam
- Indonesian
- Gadung
- Javanese
- Gadhung
- mad
- Ghâḍḍhung
- Malay
- Gadung, Gadung lilin, Gadung samak, Taring pelanduk, Ubi gadung
- Malayalam
- വെന്നിക്കിഴങ്ങ്
- Slovak
- Jam
- Thai
- กลอย
- Ukrainian
- Діоскорея шипувата, Діоскорея остиста, Хмільний ямс
- Vietnamese
- Củ mài trắng, Củ nần
Synonyms
- Dioscorea daemona Roxb.
- Dioscorea daemona var. reticulata Hook.f.
- Dioscorea hirsuta Blume
- Dioscorea hispida var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea hispida var. mollissima (Blume) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea hispida var. neoscaphoides Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea hispida var. reticulata (Hook.f.) Sanjappa
- Dioscorea hispida var. reticulata (Hook.f.) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea hispida var. scaphoides Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea lunata B.Heyne ex Roth
- Dioscorea mollissima Blume
- Dioscorea triphylla var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea triphylla var. mollissima (Blume) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea triphylla var. reticulata (Hook.f.) Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea virosa Wall. ex Klotzsch & Garcke
- Dioscorea virosa Wall.
- Helmia daemona (Roxb.) Kunth
- Helmia hirsuta (Blume) Kunth
Photos
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andreas Christian Yudhistira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Greg III Espera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Dioscorea
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- Lesser yamDioscorea esculentaDioscoreaceae
- Chinese yamDioscorea oppositifoliaDioscoreaceae
- Japanese yamDioscorea japonicaDioscoreaceae
- Fiveleaf yamDioscorea pentaphyllaDioscoreaceae
- Wild yamDioscorea villosaDioscoreaceae
- Elephant's foot yamDioscorea elephantipesDioscoreaceae
- Yellow guinea yamDioscorea cayennensisDioscoreaceae
- 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.