Dioscoreaceae
155 edible species
Climbing vines producing starchy tubers; includes yams, important staple crops worldwide.
Forest yam, Bush yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils, Leaves, Vegetable
Ubi kelonak
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tuber, Root
Preuss' dioscorea
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tuber, Root, Caution
Edible: Tuber, Root, Bulbils
Edible: Tubers, Root
Marsh benzoin climber
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tubers, Caution, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Root, Tuber
Edible: Tubers, Root, Caution
Tarur
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tuber
Gudu-gudu, Zanzibar yam
Edible: Tubers, Caution, Root
Edible: Roots, Tubers
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils, Leaves
Edible: Tubers
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Roots, Tuber
Edible: Roots, Tubers
Edible: Tuber, Root, Caution
Edible: Tuber, Root
Edible: Tuber, Root
Edible: Tuber
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tuber, Root, Caution
Edible: Root, Tuber
Small-leaved yam
Edible: Bulbils
Shan bei xie
Edible: Root, Tuber
Doyala yam
Edible: Leaves, Tubers, Root, Caution
Long yam, Rainforest long yam, Pencil yam
Edible: Tubers, Root, Bulbils
Edible: Root, Tuber
Sweet yam, Cush-cush yam
Edible: Tubers, Vegetable, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tuber, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tuber, Root
Devil's bones, Rheumatism root, Colicroot
Edible: Root, Tuber
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Caution:
Carib yam
Edible: Roots
Batflower
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Root, Tuber
Tacca
Cat's whiskers, Bat-flower
Edible: Tubers, Root, Leaf stalk
Polynesian arrowroot
Edible: Tubers, Seeds, Leaves, Vegetable, Roots, Fruit
Yabia sa
Edible: Tubers, Roots
Gadung tikus, Tacca
Edible: Starch
Black Bryony, Mandrake
Edible: Tubers, Root, Sprouts, Leaves, Caution