Dioscoreaceae
Japanese yam
Dioscorea japonica
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Dioscorea
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- ديسقوريا يابانية
- Chinese
- 日本薯蓣, 千担苕, 千斤拔, 土淮山, 山药, 山蝴蝶, 日本薯蓣*(基隆山药）, 粉萆薢
- English
- Japanese yam, Japanese mountain yam, Japanese potato, Kotobuki, Satsuma imo, Yamaimo
- Esperanto
- Japana dioskoreo
- Japanese
- ヤマノイモ, やまいも, ジネンジョ, ジネンジョウ, ヤマイモ, 山いも, 山の芋, 山芋
- Korean
- 참마
- Malay
- Ubi jepun
- Persian
- یم کوهی ژاپنی
- Russian
- Диоскорея японская
Photos
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Photo: Magalí Arcodía, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: 石川 Shihchuan from 台北市, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shih-Shiuan Kao from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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More in Dioscorea
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- Lesser yamDioscorea esculentaDioscoreaceae
- Chinese yamDioscorea oppositifoliaDioscoreaceae
- Fiveleaf yamDioscorea pentaphyllaDioscoreaceae
- Wild yamDioscorea villosaDioscoreaceae
- YamDioscorea hispidaDioscoreaceae
- Elephant's foot yamDioscorea elephantipesDioscoreaceae
- Yellow guinea yamDioscorea cayennensisDioscoreaceae
- Indian yamDioscorea trifidaDioscoreaceae
Sources: classification 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.