Air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera); leaves and aerial bulbils. Air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera); leaves and aerial bulbils.
Pictures.
| Title | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Caption | Dioscorea alata (winged yam, uhi); leaves. Maui Nui Botanical Garden, Maui. November 06, 2006 |
What is the Yoruba name of wild yam?
Esuru-Igboor Gudugudu
In Yoruba tribe of Nigeria, the wild type is called Esuru-Igboor Gudugudu. It is the most nutritious of the commonly cultivated yam species.
What is yam called in Africa?
Africans call yams “nyami,” which is where we get the word “yam.” They are cylindrical and vary in size. Some of the largest yams have weighed more than 100 pounds and have been several feet long. Yams have a dense white, purple, or red flesh and scaly brown skin with dark spots.
What are yams called in South Africa?
What is yam called in South Africa? It’s known as ‘Elephant’s Foot‘ in English, in isiZulu ‘ingwevu’, meaning grey/old or ‘ifudu’, meaning tortoise; in Sepedi the name is ‘Kgato’ – ‘to stamp’. In the 1950s, the yam was heavily exploited by the British pharmaceutical firm Boots for the production of cortisone.
What is the Twi name for water yam?
Twi Names of Some Food Items
| Twi | English |
|---|---|
| nkateɛ | peanut/groundnut |
| aborɔdwomaa | potato |
| bayerɛ | yam |
| mankani | cocoyam |
What is yam called in Igbo?
Now let’s learn how to say Yam in Igbo language.
ji.
| English | Igbo |
|---|---|
| Yam | ji |
What is Esuru yam called in English?
bitter yam
dumetorum (bitter yam in English, Esuru in Yoruba, Ona in Igbo and Kosanrogo in Hausa), identifiable by its trifoliate leaves is an important food security crop of all the yam species mostly consumed in West Africa.
Is sweet potato a yam?
That sweet, orange-colored root vegetable that you love so dearly is actually a sweetpotato. Yes, all so-called “yams” are in fact sweetpotatoes. Most people think that long, red-skinned sweetpotatoes are yams, but they really are just one of many varieties of sweetpotatoes.
Is yam and cassava the same?
The main difference between cassava and yam is that cassava possesses a higher percentage of calories than yams. It is true that yams and cassava are tuberous root vegetables. Both cassava and yams grow out of a flowering plant.
What is Nigerian yam?
Yam is in the class of roots and tubers that is a staple of the Nigerian and West African diet, which provides some 200 calories of energy per capital daily. In Nigeria, in many yam-producing areas, it is said that “yam is food and food is yam”.
What is difference between yams and sweet potatoes?
Yams are starchy and have a rough, brown exterior. They can grow up to 45 feet long and are eaten in parts of Latin America, West Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia. Sweet potatoes are a New World root vegetable, have a softer, reddish skin, a creamier interior, and often, a darker interior.
Is a yam a potato?
It’s true: yams and sweet potatoes are totally different plants and are not even closely related. In fact, these tasty starchy veggies are actually in two different plant families entirely! Yams are members of the genus Dioscorea and are in their own special family, Dioscoreaceae.
Why are sweet potatoes called yams?
When soft varieties were first grown commercially, there was a need to differentiate between the two. African slaves had already been calling the ‘soft’ sweet potatoes ‘yams’ because they resembled the yams in Africa. Thus, ‘soft’ sweet potatoes were referred to as ‘yams’ to distinguish them from the ‘firm’ varieties.
What’s the English name for Kontomire?
In Ghana, kontomire stew is served with variety of dishes, including steamed rice, cooked yam and plantain. Its English designation palava sauce is said to originate from the people of Elmina.
What is the English name of Brobe?
Table 6
| Family | English Name | Akan name |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow-billed Turaco | Aforowa/Brobe | |
| Anatidae | Egyptian Goose | Nsu-dokodoko |
| Anatidae | Common Shelduck | Nsu-dokodoko |
| Anatidae | Common Teal |
What is the English name for Tapoli?
The Asanka, earthenware dish, is a Ghanaian grinding pot that is made out of clay with ridges inside. It comes with a wooden masher called eta or tapoli in the local language. It is commonly referred to as traditional blender and appropriately used where there is no electricity. It is also called a ‘pounding pot.
What is yam called in Hausa language?
Definition of yam in Hausa
yam. noun /jæm/ doya.
What do yams symbolize in the Igbo society?
After the prayer of thanksgiving to their god, they eat the first yam because It is believed that their position bestows the privilege of being intermediaries between their communities and the gods of the land.
What is New Yam Festival in Igbo land?
The New Yam Festival, in the Ogidi community, is an important way of marking the beginning and end of the farming season. It is a celebration of life, accomplishments in the community, culture and well-being. Ogidi is a town currently located in the Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
What is 3 leaf yam Igbo?
JI ONA cluster yam is an Igbo delicacy known as three-leaf yam or bitter yam in English scientifically called dioscorea dumetorum It’s meaty and looks like sweet potatoes.
What is bitter yam in Igbo language?
Bitter yam is known as ‘ji una’ or ‘ji ona’ in Ojoto and many Igbo speaking area in the south-eastern Nigeria, where it is regarded as food for the adult.
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