Also found in Arkansas is cinnamon vine or Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya), a non-native invasive plant now especially common on stream and river terraces throughout the upland areas of the state.

The Chinese yam, or nagaimo in Japanese, grows in China and Japan and can be eaten raw. A sweet potato is not just an orange potato. It is not even in the same plant family as other potatoes.

who writes in his book Wild Roots that the air potato was originally brought here as an ornamental plant from China and is also called Chinese yam. The name cinnamon vine comes from its small ...

Sinachi Farms Limited has set an October 2019 deadline for the completion of its $15.6 million plantain and yam flour plant. The plant which would occupy about 2,200 square metres, would be ...

Konjac plays a role in traditional Japanese and Chinese medicine ... Latin name for the konjac plant is Amorphophallus. People also refer to it as konjaku, elephant yam, devil’s tongue, snake ...