The genus Dioscorea comprises roughly 600 species widely known as yams, which serve as staple foods across tropical and subtropical regions. Beyond their nutritional value, Dioscorea species have ...
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- hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers ...