aerial yam

Japanese: aerial yam(英語表記)aerialyam
aerial yam

...It has also been introduced into the West Indies, but is not cultivated in the Southeast Asian and Pacific regions. (6) D. bulbifera L. (English name: aerial yam; Chinese name: Huangdu) As its English name suggests, it produces large, oval-shaped bulbils in the leaf axils, sometimes reaching a diameter of 10 cm.

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Japanese:

…また西インドにも導入されているが,東南アジアから太平洋地域では栽培されていない。(6)カシュウイモD.bulbifera L.(英名はaerial yam。中国名は黄独) 英語名のように卵球形の大きなむかごを葉腋につけ,ときには直径10cmに達する。…

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