name: Mountain Yam

flavor_db_name_variants: mountain yam

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Mountain yam

id: 411

name_scientific: Dioscorea pentaphylla

description: Dioscorea pentaphylla is a species of flowering plant in the yam family known by the common name fiveleaf yam. It is native to tropical Asia or eastern Polynesia, and it is present elsewhere as an introduced species. This species is a prickly vine that twines counterclockwise around objects and other plants. It may reach 10 meters in length. The alternately arranged leaves are compound, divided into 3 to 5 leaflets each up to 10 centimeters long. The plant produces horseshoe-shaped bulbils about a centimeter long. New plants can sprout from the bulbils. Flowers are borne in spikes. The vine grows from a tuber. Specimens may be 3 pounds in weight and may be located over a meter underground. The tubers of the vine can be cooked and eaten.

itis_id: 43379

wikipedia_id: Dioscorea pentaphylla

picture_file_name: 417.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 74561

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:42:48.000Z

legacy_id: 444

food_group: Vegetables

food_subgroup: Tubers

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:40.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 167592

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00411