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water yam

Scientific Name: Dioscorea alata

Family: Dioscoreaceae

Category: Monocot

Growth: Vine, Forb/herb

Duration: Perennial

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Description: Abdul said water yam was good for diabetic patients because it contained fibre, a substantial amount of antioxidants and Vitamin C and helped&nbsp&*! Food Funct. 2013 Oct4(10):1496-501. doi: 10.1039/c3fo60064e. Potential health benefits of water yam (Dioscorea alata). Faustina Dufie WM(1), Oduro I, Ellis&nbsp&*! Even in Africa, the popularity of water yam is second only to white yam. The tuber shape is generally cylindrical, but can vary. Tuber flesh is white and watery in&nbsp&*! Water Yam is an artist&#39s book by the American artist George Brecht. Originally published in Germany, June 1963 in a box designed by George Maciunas and&nbsp&*! Dioscorea alata or water yam, a common staple food in Nigeria, has been used for more than 2000 years in traditional medicine to treat&nbsp&*! Like the title says, Ikokore is a water yam dish, almost like a porridge. It&#39s origins are amongst the Ijebus of the Southwestern part of Nigeria.&*! She further said that water yam, due to its fibre, vitamin C and antioxidant content helps to suppress blood sugar and is thus good for diabetic&nbsp&*! Popular Recipe Ojojo, Water Yam Balls is a Nigerian Recipe, OJOJO or Water Yam Balls: Traditional Finger Food Recipe. Quick Recipe, Very Delicious.&*! In Nigeria there are many tasty recipes you can churn out using the water yam, my all time favorited is Ikokore, a delicacy from the Ijebus, a tribe&nbsp&*! Well we are talking about rustling up simple and cheap meals when you are low on funds. I did not realize that water yams come quite cheap .&*! Water yam (D. Alata Linn) is one of the oldest food crops so far. It originated in South-East Asia in Burma and from there it spreads to India,&nbsp&*! To ascertain the potential health benefits and alternate usage of the species, 20 varieties of Dioscorea alata (water yam) were investigated for their total dietary&nbsp&*! To ascertain the potential health benefits and alternate usage of the species, 20 varieties of Dioscorea alata (water yam) were investigated for&nbsp&*! Many of them complain that they are tired of eating beans and water yam alone and that people told them to stop eating most of the other meals&nbsp&*! Noun, 1. water yam - grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh. Dioscorea alata, white yam &middot yam plant, yam - any of a&nbsp&*! I suddenly developed cravings for Ojojo the other day and, yep, went out shopping for some water yam, the core ingredient for making this very popular (at least&nbsp&*! Water yam is the tuber of Dioscorea alata and is also called wild yam. It is different from most other yams because it is mucilaginous and so, it is&nbsp&*! water yam the &quotwater yam&quot family. Usage Examples. All ScesFictionArts / CultureNewsBusinessSportsScience / MedTechnology. no examples found.&*! Water Yam by George Brecht at the Cut and Splice Festival.&*! Raw and boiled water yam tubers (Dioscorea alata) were analyzed for proximate contents such as ash, crude protein, carbohydrate, crude fibre, crude lipid,&nbsp&*! Pounded yam, boiled yam and amala products were also prepared for sensory assessment against the reference. The influences of tuber maturity and length of &nbsp&*! Water-yam on its own does nothing for the taste buds, but by the time you add in some fish, palm oil and pepper, y taste buds will thank you&nbsp&*! water yam &#8211 water yam can be purchased at many local markets in Nigeria. For those who live abroad, it can be purchased in African and Asian shops&*! Ikokore is a Nigerian Yam Pottage dish made with Water yam instead of the normal Puna Yam. It originates from the Ijebu people of Ogun state,&nbsp&*! Ekpang Nkwukwo is one of the Nigerian cocoyam recipes made with grated cocoyam, water yam, cocoyam leaves and periwinkle. It is a Nigerian food recipe &nbsp&*! How to make Ojojo (Water yam balls). Ojojo pronounced &#39Or-jor-jor&#39 is a snack made from grated water yams. Its native to the yorubas in the&nbsp&*! Tubers of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) are an important sce of carbohydrates for millions of people throughout the tropics. Planting of the crop in the Car.&*! It is indigenous to West Africa, as is the Yellow yam, D. cayenensis. Water yam, D . alata, the second most cultivated species, originated from Asia and is the most&nbsp&*! The advancement of yam breeding programs to contemporary levels for and water yam (D. alata L.) were constructed based on 341 and 469&nbsp&*! underutilized yam species) were determined in comparison to pona, (a local and most Keywords: Yam, D. alata water yam pona physicochemical pasting&nbsp&*! Multimedia for water yam. Explore the updated online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of articles, biographies, videos,&nbsp&*! Water yam: Water yam may have arrived on slave ships from Africa as early as the By 1996, water yam was disrupting native plant communities, especially&nbsp&*! - 5 min - Uploaded by Souldeliciouz KitchenHappy New Year Everyone! My first video for 2015 which really was shot early 2014 is about how &*! Abstract: Properties of fl from blanched tubers of two water yam Dioscorea, of purple water yam fl are larger than the yellow fl.&*! The MACBA Collection consists of over 5700 works. We publish texts ands on an ongoing basis, but this record is currently in the process of being&nbsp&*! yam cultivars were white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir), water yam (Dioscorea Key words: White yam, water yam, three-leaved yam, glucose, glycemic index, &nbsp&*! Water Yam. for double bass, keys, objects, voices made and performed with Otto Willberg. Performed: 4th August 2015, Slip takeover, Cafe Oto, London.&*! Dioscorea opposita or Japanese yam is, however, can be eaten raw unlike its African brethren. Here, the whole tuber is briefly soaked in vinegar-water solution &nbsp&*! The effect of the day length on the development of bulbils in Chinese yam (D. opposita) and Water yam (D. alata) was investigated from March 2007 to January &nbsp&*! variability in water yam (Dioscorea alata L.). Fifty-three accessions of diverse geographic origins in West and Central Africa (Benin, Cte d&#39Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria&nbsp&*! The water yam variety TDd98/01166 was grown at the Research Farm of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria&nbsp&*! Effect of water yam (Dioscoreaalata) fl fortified with distiller&#39s spent grain on nutritional, chemical, and functional properties. Wasiu Awoyale1&nbsp&*! Water yam (Dioscorea Alata) tuber samples from Abuja, Nigeria were irradiated with gamma radiation of doses 60, 80, 100, 120 and 140 gray&nbsp&*! This guide sets out the causes, impact, signs and symptoms of water yam anthracnose and offers practical advice on management through prevention and &nbsp&*! Ikokore is a sumptuous yam pottage delicacy made from water yam.&*! The objective of this study was to evaluate the hypoglycemic effect of modified water yam fl (MWYF). To prepare MWYF, purple, yellow and white water yam &nbsp&*! Dioscorea alata (Water Yam) as a Replacement for Maize in Diets for Laying Hens chickens Dioscorea alata egg production feed conversion feed intake yam.&*!