Taxon:  Dioscorea trifida L. f.



Summary
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:
14263
Place of publication:
Suppl. pl. 427.  1782 ("1781")
Verified:
05/12/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
22 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica 66.
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
  4. Beyerlein, P. & H. S. Pereira. 2018. Morphological diversity and identification key for landraces of the Amerindian yam in central Amazon. Pesq. Agropecu. Brasil. 53:405-418. DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2018000400002.
  5. Bhattacharjee, R. et al. 2011. Chapter 4. Dioscorea. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, industrial crops 71-96.
  6. Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
  7. Bousalen, M. et al. 2010. Evidence of diploidy in the wild Amerindian yam, a putative progenitor of the endangered species Dioscorea trifida (Dioscoreaceae). Genome 53:371-383. DOI: 10.1139/G10-016. Note: it confirmed wild Dioscorea trifida as diploid, and its probably role as an ancestor of cultivated, tetraploid plants
  8. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  9. Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 7:1-92.
  10. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  11. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
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  13. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
  14. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  15. Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
  16. Howard, R. 1979. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 3:510.
  17. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  18. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
  19. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  20. Lebot, V. 2009. Section III. Yams. Chapter 16. Taxonomy and botany. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 18:191-210.
  21. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
  22. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
  23. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  24. Nascimento, W. F. et al. 2015. Distribution, management and diversity of the endangered Amerindian yam (Dioscorea trifida L.). Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313.
  25. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  26. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  27. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
  28. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
  29. Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
  30. Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
  31. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Note: food crop
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcush-cush  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishcush-cush yam  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English (Jamaica)yampee  2Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Frenchcouche-couche  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchcousse-couche  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanKusch-kusch  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanKuschkusch-Yamswurzel  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Portuguesecará-doce  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)cará  2Beyerlein, P. & H. S. Pereira. 2018. Morphological diversity and identification key for landraces of the Amerindian yam in central Amazon. Pesq. Agropecu. Brasil. 53:405-418. DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2018000400002.
Portuguese (Brazil)cará branco  2Nascimento, W. F. et al. 2015. Distribution, management and diversity of the endangered Amerindian yam (Dioscorea trifida L.). Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313.
Portuguese (Brazil)cará roxo  2Nascimento, W. F. et al. 2015. Distribution, management and diversity of the endangered Amerindian yam (Dioscorea trifida L.). Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313.
Portuguese (Brazil)inhame  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishmapuey  2Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Spanishñame  2Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 7:1-92.
Spanishñame de la India  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Colombia)tabena  2Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 7:1-92.
Spanish (Peru)sacha papa  2Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 7:1-92.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAcre Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmapá Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmazonas Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMaranhão Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMato Grosso Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMato Grosso do Sul Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMinas Gerais Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPará Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPernambuco Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRondônia Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  Howard, R. 1979. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 3:510.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  Howard, R. 1979. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 3:510.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  Howard, R. 1979. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 3:510.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and GrenadinesSaint Vincent Howard, R. 1979. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 3:510.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaAmazonas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaAnzoátegui  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaMonagas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorNapo Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
2Cultivated    also cult.Bousalen, M. et al. 2010. Evidence of diploidy in the wild Amerindian yam, a putative progenitor of the endangered species Dioscorea trifida (Dioscoreaceae). Genome 53:371-383. DOI: 10.1139/G10-016. Note: it confirmed wild Dioscorea trifida as diploid, and its probably role as an ancestor of cultivated, tetraploid plants
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Native
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, Martinique, St. Vincent and Grenadines [Saint Vincent]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Monagas]
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Pernambuco, Rondônia]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [Napo], Peru
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia

Reference(s)
  1. Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
  2. Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
  3. Bousalen, M. et al. 2010. Evidence of diploidy in the wild Amerindian yam, a putative progenitor of the endangered species Dioscorea trifida (Dioscoreaceae). Genome 53:371-383. DOI: 10.1139/G10-016. Note: it confirmed wild Dioscorea trifida as diploid, and its probably role as an ancestor of cultivated, tetraploid plants
  4. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  5. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  6. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
  7. Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
  8. Howard, R. 1979. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 3:510.
  9. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
  10. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=14263. Accessed 17 April 2026.