Called “yam” in GBIF
Dioscorea is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. The vast majority of the species are tropical, with only a few species extending into temperate climates. It was named by the monk Charles Plumier after the ancient Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides.
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Growers of medicinal or culinary yams who rotate the same beds year after year face steadily wors...
That purple yam you might grow as an ornamental or edible in a warm-climate garden turns out to p...
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Certain rare soil fungi, when used to inoculate Chinese yam roots, boosted plant growth and reshaped the surrounding microbial community more effectively than common strains or mixed cocktails. The findings suggest that carefully selected single-strain inoculants may help break the cycle of replant failure that plagues continuously cropped medicinal yams.
That purple yam you might grow as an ornamental or edible in a warm-climate garden turns out to pack the same class of pigment...
