FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
DIOSCOREA DIVARICATA, CHINESE POTATO, CHINESE YAM, CINNAMON VINE, YAM
Hedrick, U.P. editor. 1919. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J.B Lyon Company, State Printers. [References Available]
is a Philippine Islands, China and everywhere cultivated in several varieties of plant. This yam was received in France in 1851 from Shanghai, and was introduced into the United States, in 1855, by the patent Office Department. it has not fulfilled expectation in the United States and is now grown principally as an ornamental climber. it was observed in Japan by Thunberg.
