SagebudWater Yam (Dioscorea Alata)
Dioscorea Alata, or more commonly know as Water Yam, is a vine forb/herb of the genus Dioscorea. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Dioscorea Alata or Water Yam‘s floral region is North America US Lower 48, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands, specifically in the states of Florida, Georgia and Louisiana.
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Credit: Forest & Kim Starr | Plants of Hawaii, Image 030523-0078 from http://www.hear.org/starr/plants/images/image/?q=030523-0078 | License: CC-BY-3.0
Water Yam (Dioscorea Alata) Information
Water Yam (Dioscorea Alata) Tags
Dioscorea, Dioscoreaceae, Liliales, Liliopsida, Magnoliophyta, Monocot, Perennial, Vine Forb/herbRelated Plants
- Yam (Dioscorea)
- Florida Yam (Dioscorea Floridana)
- Air Yam (Dioscorea Bulbifera)
- Bulbous Yam (Dioscorea Pilosiuscula)
- Wild Yam (Dioscorea Villosa)
- Chinese Yam (Dioscorea Oppositifolia)
- Fourleaf Yam (Dioscorea Quaternata)
- Indian Yam (Dioscorea Trifida)
- Guinea Yam (Dioscorea Rotundata)
- Lesser Yam (Dioscorea Esculenta)
- Zanzibar Yam (Dioscorea Sansibarensis)
- Yellow Guinea Yam (Dioscorea Cayenensis)
- Fiveleaf Yam (Dioscorea Pentaphylla)
- Capitaneja (Verbesina Alata)
- Blackeyed Susan Vine (Thunbergia Alata)
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