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Non - SEO knowledge => Plants => Topic started by: 英语课 on October 20, 2012, 01:54:50 PM
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Winged Yam Rhizome
My husband wanted to try new things and bought two some of these. They are not very tasty but very good for health.
(http://www.seo-forum-seo-luntan.com/pics/winged yam rhizome.jpg)
Name: Winged Yam Rhizome
Latin name: Dioscorea alata L.
Family: Liliopsida:Liliidae:Dioscoreales:Dioscoreaceae
Many chemical composition such as anthocyanin, cyanidin-3-O-glucoside, cyanidin-3，5-O-diglucoside, ect....
Yam is the common name for some species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae). Dioscorea alata, also named cultivated yam, greater yam, white yam, water yam, winged yam, ten-months yam, Malacca yam, has a thin, twining, winged but spineless stem, broad leaves, and a shallow fibrous root system. The vine may reach a lenght of 2-30 m.
The roots are baked, boiled, roasted, fried, or used raw as a salad vegetable. The roots are a good source of carbohydrates. Tubers usually weigh 5-10 kg but up to 60 kg with variety of shapes and colors.
In Chinese medical science, they are good for lung, kidney and spleen.
When I search on internet, I remember that I ate them when I was a kid. We planted by ourselves but they were a little different, they were purple so they are purple yams. But I think they are from the same family.
(http://ceefive.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/purple-yam.jpg)
http://ceefive.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/purple-yam.jpg
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Right. 8)