Dioscoreaceae
Chinese yam
Dioscorea oppositifolia
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Dioscorea
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- ديسقوريا متقابلة الأوراق
- arz
- ديسقوريا متقابلة الاوراق
- Chinese
- 薯蓣, 對葉薯蕷、薯蕷, 薯蕷, 山药, 野脚板薯, 面山药, 對葉薯蕷, 山藥
- Czech
- Jam obecný
- English
- Chinese yam
- Indonesian
- Kelunak
- Italian
- Nagaimo
- Japanese
- ナガイモ, つくね芋, ながいも, イチョウイモ, サンヤク, ショヨ, チャイニーズヤム, ツクネイモ
- Korean
- 마
- Lao
- ເຜືອກຍາວ
- Lithuanian
- Batatinė dioskorėja
- Malay
- Ubi kelona, Akar kelana, Ubi kelonak, Ubi cina
- Malayalam
- നൂറൻ കിഴങ്ങ്
- nan
- Hoâi-san
- Polish
- Pochrzyn chiński, Chiński ziemniak, Jams chiński
- pwn
- Qaqilj
- Swedish
- Jams
- Tamil
- மலையன்கிழங்கு
- Thai
- ฮ่วยซัว
Synonyms
- Dioscorea opposita Thunb.
- Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Dioscorea
- Dioscorea communisDioscoreaceae
- Water yamDioscorea alataDioscoreaceae
- Air yamDioscorea bulbiferaDioscoreaceae
- Chinese yamDioscorea polystachyaDioscoreaceae
- Lesser yamDioscorea esculentaDioscoreaceae
- Japanese yamDioscorea japonicaDioscoreaceae
- Fiveleaf yamDioscorea pentaphyllaDioscoreaceae
- Wild yamDioscorea villosaDioscoreaceae
- YamDioscorea hispidaDioscoreaceae
- 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.