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Dioscorea rotundata
Also called Guinea yam
Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata) is a tropical climbing tuber crop grown mainly in West Africa for its starchy underground tubers. It needs a long warm growing season, a loose deep soil, and staking or support for its climbing vines.
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata, commonly known as the white yam, West African yam, Guinea yam, or white ñame, is a subspecies of yam native to Africa. It is one of the most important cultivated yams. Kokoro is one of its most important cultivars.
It is sometimes treated as separate species from Dioscorea cayenensis.
D. c. subsp. rotundata is grown in West Africa, including countries such as Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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