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(Upload on March 7 2025) [ 日本語 | English ]

Dioscorea L. (ヤマノイモ) Yamanoimo (ヤマノイモ, 山ノ芋), East Asian mountain yam or Japanese mountain yam Jinenjo (ジネンジョ, 自然薯), Yamaimo (ヤマイモ, 山芋) Lifeform: deciduous, perennial vine Distribution: China - Korea - Japan (south to southeastern Hokkaido) - Taiwan Habitat: thickets and forest edges

Leaf: basically adverse with long stalk Rhizophore (担根体): specific to Dioscorea (≠ stem and root) Use: wild vegetable (rhizophore)

Dioscorea japonica in Japan

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[1-3] near Toyano Lake (鳥屋野潟) in Niigata City, central Honshu, on August 5 1990.