Dioscoreaceae
155 species
Climbing vines producing starchy tubers; includes yams, important staple crops worldwide.
Dioscorea abyssinica
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea acanthogene
Edible: Tubers, Roots
Dioscorea alata
Greater yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Vegetable, Bulbils
Dioscorea altissima
Dunguey
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea amaranthoides
Edible: Root ?, Tuber ?
Dioscorea amazonum
Cara
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea arachidna
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils
Dioscorea arcuatinervis
Edible: Roots, Tubers
Dioscorea asteriscus
Edible: Roots, Tubers
Dioscorea batatas
Chinese Yam
Edible: Fruit, Root
Dioscorea baya
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea belophylla
Spear-leaved yam, Tarur
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea bemandry
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea bemarivensis
Trengitrengy
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea birmanica
Edible: Rhizomes, Caution
Dioscorea bridgesii
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea bulbifera
Potato yam
Edible: Tuber, Root, Bulbils, Vegetable
Dioscorea burkilliana
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea calcicola
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea campestris
Cara do campo
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea cayenensis
Yellow Guinea yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Vegetable
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata
White Guinea Yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Vegetable
Dioscorea cayennensis var. pruinosa
Wild yam
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea cinnamomifolia
Cara acu
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea cirrhosa
Dyeing yam, Cu nau, Cu mao
Edible: Root, Tuber
Dioscorea claessensii
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea cochleariapiculata
Edible: Tubers, Root, Caution
Dioscorea comorensis
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea convolvulacea
Barbasquillo
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea cumingii
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea daunea
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea debilis
Edible: Tubers, Roots
Dioscorea delavayi
Edible: Root
Dioscorea delicata
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea deltoidea
Nepal yam
Edible: Root, Tuber, Bulbils
Dioscorea depauperata
Edible: Tubers, Roots
Dioscorea divaricata
Chinese yam
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea dodecaneura
Cara barbado
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea dregeana
Wild yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Caution
Dioscorea dumetorum
African bitter yam, Cluster yam, Three leafed yam
Edible: Tubers, Caution, Leaves, Vegetable, Root
Dioscorea elegans
Edible: Tubers
Dioscorea elephantipes
Elephant’s foot, Hottentot bread
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea esculenta
Lesser yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Vegetable
Dioscorea fandra
Anjiky
Edible: Tuber
Dioscorea filiformis
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea flabellifolia
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea floribunda
Edible: Tuber
Dioscorea fordii
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea gibbiflora
Wauh
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea glabra
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea glandulosa
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea gracilis
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea gribinguiensis
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea hamiltonii
Sandikilangu
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils
Dioscorea hassleriana
Edible: Tubers
Dioscorea hastata
Cara coco
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea hastifolia
Spear-leaved dioscorea
Dioscorea hebridensis
Edible: Root, Tuber
Dioscorea heptaneura
Cara preto
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea hirtiflora
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils, Caution
Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. orientalis
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata
Siboyane
Edible: Tubers, Root, Caution
Dioscorea hispida
Bitter yam, Asiatic bitter yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils
Dioscorea humifusa
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea irodensis
Edible: Tuber
Dioscorea japonica
Japanese yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils, Leaf tips
Dioscorea kamoonensis
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbil
Dioscorea karatana
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea koyamae
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea kratica
Edible: Tubers, Roots
Dioscorea lacerdaei
Inhame cigarra
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea laurifolia
Ghost's benzoin climber
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea laxiflora
Caratinga bravo
Edible: Tubers, Root, Caution
Dioscorea linearicordata
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea longicuspis
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea luzonensis
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea maciba
Ovy
Edible: Tuber
Dioscorea mangenotiana
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea mayottensis
Mitrou, Oviala
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea melanophyma
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea membranacea
Edible: Tuber, Root, Rhizome
Dioscorea mexicana
Edible: Tubers, Shoots
Dioscorea minutiflora
Edible: Tubers, Root, Vegetable
Dioscorea nako
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea nipponica
Japan yam, Uchiwa yam
Edible: Caution
Dioscorea nummularia
Nummularia yam
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea olfersiana
Cara
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea opaca
Edible: Root ? Tuber ?
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Chinese yam, Cinnamon yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils
Dioscorea orbiculata
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea orbiculata var. tenuifolia
Edible: Root, Tuber
Dioscorea ovata
Cara inhame
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea ovinala
Angily, Ovinala
Edible: Tuber
Dioscorea owenii
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Five leaflet yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Leaves, Flowers, Bulbils
Dioscorea piperifolia
Caratinga
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea piscatorum
Fish-poison yam
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea poilanei
Edible: Root, Tuber
Dioscorea polyclados
Kedut
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea polygonoides
Biter jessie
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea praehensilis
Forest yam, Bush yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils, Leaves, Vegetable
Dioscorea prainiana
Ubi kelonak
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea prazeri
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea preussii
Preuss' dioscorea
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea preussii subsp. hylophila
Edible: Tuber, Root, Caution
Dioscorea pubera
Edible: Tuber, Root, Bulbils
Dioscorea pynaertii
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea pyrifolia
Marsh benzoin climber
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea quartiniana
Edible: Tubers, Caution, Root
Dioscorea quinquelobata
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea remotiflora
Edible: Root, Tuber
Dioscorea rupicola
Edible: Tubers, Root, Caution
Dioscorea sagittata
Tarur
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea sagittifolia
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea sagittifolia var. lecardii
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea sambiranensis
Edible: Tuber
Dioscorea sansibarensis
Gudu-gudu, Zanzibar yam
Edible: Tubers, Caution, Root
Dioscorea saxatilis
Edible: Roots, Tubers
Dioscorea schimperiana
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils
Dioscorea semperflorens
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils, Leaves
Dioscorea seriflora
Edible: Tubers
Dioscorea sinuata
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea smilacifolia
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea soso
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea soso var. trichopoda
Edible: Roots, Tuber
Dioscorea spicata
Edible: Roots, Tubers
Dioscorea spiculiflora
Edible: Tuber, Root, Caution
Dioscorea stemonoides
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea sterilis
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea subcalva
Edible: Tuber
Dioscorea subhastata
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea sylvatica
Edible: Tuber, Root, Caution
Dioscorea tamarisciflora
Edible: Root, Tuber
Dioscorea togoensis
Small-leaved yam
Edible: Bulbils
Dioscorea tokoro
Shan bei xie
Edible: Root, Tuber
Dioscorea tomentosa
Doyala yam
Edible: Leaves, Tubers, Root, Caution
Dioscorea transversa
Long yam, Rainforest long yam, Pencil yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils
Dioscorea trichantha
Edible: Root, Tuber
Dioscorea trifida
Sweet yam, Cush-cush yam
Edible: Tubers, Vegetable, Root
Dioscorea trifoliata
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea trimenii
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea triphylla
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea vexans
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dioscorea villosa
Devil's bones, Rheumatism root, Colicroot
Edible: Root, Tuber
Dioscorea wallichii
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dioscorea zingiberensis
Edible: Caution:
Rajania cordata
Carib yam
Edible: Roots
Stenomeris dioscoreifolia
Tacca chantrieri
Batflower
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Root, Tuber
Tacca dubia
Tacca
Tacca integrifolia
Cat's whiskers, Bat-flower
Edible: Tubers, Root, Leaf stalk
Tacca leontopetaloides
Polynesian arrowroot
Edible: Tubers, Seeds, Leaves, Vegetable, Roots, Fruit
Tacca maculata
Yabia sa
Edible: Tubers, Roots
Tacca palmata
Gadung tikus, Tacca
Edible: Starch
Tamus communis
Black Bryony, Mandrake
Edible: Tubers, Root, Sprouts, Leaves, Caution