English name: YAM
Botanical name: Dioscorea spp.
Varieties: white yam- Dioscorea rotunda
Yellow yam- Dioscorea cayenensis
Water yam- Dioscorea alata
Chinese yam- Dioscorea esculents
Aeriel yam- Dioscorea bulbifera
Trifolia yam- Dioscorea dumentorium
Yam is a very essential food in my region, that we throw a feast called "new yam festival". Thats how important these food is to my people........in my language we called it " ji".