Concept information
There is no term for this concept in this language.
Preferred term
Definition
-
Yams (Dioscorea spp., Dioscoreaceae, Monocotyledons) are a staple food for millions of people in tropical countries. They also provide pharmacologically active compounds in traditional medicine and for the pharmaceutical industry. Yams are harvested every season and replanted using tuber pieces to regenerate the plant. (en)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- aerial yam (en)
- African bitter yam (en)
- Asiatic bitter yam (en)
- Asiatic yam (en)
- Chinese yam (en)
- cush-cush yam (en)
- five-leaved yam (en)
- greater yam (en)
- Japanese yam (en)
- Pacific yam (en)
- white Guinea yam (en)
- yellow Guinea yam (en)
Is produced by
Is source of
- yam flour (en)
Is used as
In other languages
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2002-12-12T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Arabic
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2002-12-12T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Chinese
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2003-03-27T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Czech
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 1981-01-09T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
English
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 1981-01-22T00:00:00Z
Last modified: 2021-05-24T17:34:42Z
Notation: 8478
French
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2017-08-07T11:18:21Z
Last modified: 2017-08-11T16:05:46Z
Notation: 8478
Georgian
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 1996-12-24T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
German
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 1981-01-09T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Hindi
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2006-12-06T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Hungarian
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2006-12-06T00:00:00Z
Notation: 10219
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2006-11-09T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Italian
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2005-08-09T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Japanese
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2009-12-02T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Korean
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Lao
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2021-12-13T18:43:29
Notation: 8478
Norwegian Bokmål
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2007-04-20T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Persian
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2006-12-19T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Polish
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 1998-08-04T00:00:00Z
Last modified: 2021-06-16T21:24:42Z
Notation: 8478
Portuguese
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2023-08-28T17:26:42Z
Notation: 8478
Portuguese (Brazil)
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2009-02-24T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Russian
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Slovak
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2024-07-03T16:11:42Z
Notation: 8478
Spanish
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2022-04-29T10:51:42Z
Notation: 8478
Swahili
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2021-12-13T18:44:57
Notation: 8478
Swedish
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2005-08-19T00:00:00Z
Notation: 8478
Thai
-
void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Created: 2011-11-20T20:27:58Z
Last modified: 2017-07-15T20:35:50Z
Notation: 8478
Turkish