Maranta.—Arrow-Root.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill.
Engl.: lesser yam, Asiatic yam, Chinese yam.
Sven.: småjams.
Bot. syn.: Dioscorea aculeata L., Dioscorea aculeata Roxb., Dioscorea fasciculata Roxb., Dioscorea hirsuta Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Dioscorea papillaris Blanco, Dioscorea papuana Warb., Dioscorea sativa L., Dioscorea spinosa Roxb. ex Hook. f., Dioscorea tiliifolia Kunth., Dioscorea tugui Blanco, Oncorhiza esculentus (Lour.) Pers., Oncus esculentus Lour.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Pereira 1854.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
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