Dioscorea

මෙම ලිපිය මිනිසා විසින් ආහාරයට ගන්නා අල පිලිබඳවය. අල, කාබෝහයිඩ්‍රේට් වලින් සපිරි ආහාරයකි.

Yams at Brixton market

Yam output in 2005

පිසින ක්‍රම

Tongan farmer showing off his prize yams

1. තැම්බීම
2. තෙල් දැමීම

බාහිර සබැඳුම්

• Yam Genebank - IITA has the world mandate to preserve the YAM genetic variety in its genebank, accessions can be searched here
• Yam Research at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
• Purdue University's Famine Foods Database includes a page about how various Dioscoreaceae species are used
• African Pygmies - Wild yams gathering
• The African Table by Jessica Harris. Simon & Schuster: 1996. ISBN 0-684-81837-X.
• Sweet Potato Awareness, education about the differences between yams and sweet potatoes, with a downloadable flyer to distribute.
• The Straight Dope answers "What's the difference between yams and sweet potatoes?"