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Dioscorea japonica, known as East Asian mountain yam, yamaimo, or Japanese mountain yam, is a type of yam (Dioscorea) native to Japan (including Ryukyu and Bonin Islands), Korea, China, Taiwan, and Assam.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Japanese Yam being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dioscorea collettii
- Dioscorea seriflora
- Dioscorea transversa
- Dioscorea alata
- Dioscorea cordata
- Dioscorea polystachya
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Dioscoreales
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Dioscorea
- Species
- Dioscorea japonica
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