Dioscorea polystachya or Chinese yam (simplified Chinese: 山药; traditional Chinese: 山藥), also called cinnamon-vine,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. It is sometimes called Chinese potato or by its Korean name ma.[3][2] It is also called huaishan in Mandarin and wàaih sāan in Cantonese.
It is a perennial climbing vine, native to East Asia.[3][4] The edible tubers are cultivated largely in East Asia and sometimes used in alternative medicine. This species of yam is unique as the tubers can be eaten raw.[5][6]
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