DIOSCOREA TRIFIDA
AKA: Indian yam, cush-cush, mapuey, inhame, tabena, ñame, sacha papa and ñampi
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Perennial
Bitter Yam
DIOSCOREA DUMETORUM
AKA: trifoliate yam, cluster yam, or three-leaved yam
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Perennial
Lesser Yam
DIOSCOREA ESCULENTA
AKA: tugi root
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Perennial
Air Potato
DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA
AKA: air yam, aerial yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam and parsnip yam
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Perennial
Chinese Yam
DIOSCOREA POLYSTACHYA
AKA: cinnamon-vine, Chinese potato or nagaimo
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Perennial
Purple Yam
DIOSCOREA ALATA
AKA: ube or greater yame
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Perennial
White Yam
DIOSCOREA CAYENNENSIS SUBSP. ROTUNDATA
AKA: West African yam, Guinea yam, or white ñame
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Perennial