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yam

yam [Sp].
One of the earliest cultivated plants in southeast Asia, perhaps first domesticated in the northern mainland regions about 3000 BC before spreading to New Guinea and Melanesia. Two main species are represented: Doscorea alata and Doscorea esculenta. Yams were independently domesticated in tropical Africa and South America.

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