| English | greater yam | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | Guyana arrowroot | | | 1 | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
| English | ten-months yam | | | 1 | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
| English | water yam | | | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English | white yam | | | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English | winged yam | | | 1 | 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. |
| English | yam | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| French | grande igname | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | igname ailée | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | igname de Chine | | | 2 | Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 9:90. |
| German | geflügelter Yam | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | wasser Yamswurzel | | | 2 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cará | | | 2 | Siqueira, M. V. B. M. et al. 2014. Distribution, management and diversity of yam local varieties in Brazil: a study on Dioscorea alata L. Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cará branco | | | 2 | Siqueira, M. V. B. M. et al. 2014. Distribution, management and diversity of yam local varieties in Brazil: a study on Dioscorea alata L. Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cará roxo | | | 2 | Siqueira, M. V. B. M. et al. 2014. Distribution, management and diversity of yam local varieties in Brazil: a study on Dioscorea alata L. Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | inhame | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | inhame branco | | | 2 | Siqueira, M. V. B. M. et al. 2014. Distribution, management and diversity of yam local varieties in Brazil: a study on Dioscorea alata L. Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | inhame de São Tomé | | | 2 | Siqueira, M. V. B. M. et al. 2014. Distribution, management and diversity of yam local varieties in Brazil: a study on Dioscorea alata L. Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | inhame roxo | | | 2 | Siqueira, M. V. B. M. et al. 2014. Distribution, management and diversity of yam local varieties in Brazil: a study on Dioscorea alata L. Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313. |
| Spanish | ñame blanco | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | ñame de agua | | | 2 | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
| Spanish | tabena | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Swedish | storjams | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |