Dioscorea cayenensis explained

Dioscorea cayenensis is a species of yam in the genus Dioscorea that is a widely consumed West African domesticated crop. Dioscorea rotundata is sometimes treated as a subspecies, and sometimes also as a separate species.[1] Common names include Guinea yam, yellow yam, and yellow Guinea yam.

It may be a triploid hybrid between the cultivated D. rotundata and the wild D. burkilliana.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blench, Roger . Archaeology, language, and the African past . Altamira Press . 2006 . 9780759104655 .
  2. Book: Population Genomics . Population Genomics of Yams: Evolution and Domestication of Dioscorea Species . 2021 . 10.1007/13836_2021_94 . free. Sugihara . Yu . Kudoh . Aoi . Oli . Muluneh Tamiru . Takagi . Hiroki . Natsume . Satoshi . Shimizu . Motoki . Abe . Akira . Asiedu . Robert . Asfaw . Asrat . Adebola . Patrick . Terauchi . Ryohei .

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