Dioscorea pentaphylla
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| Species: | D. pentaphylla
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| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
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| Energy | 343 kJ (82 kcal) |
20 g | |
0.08 g | |
1.73 g | |
| Vitamins | Quantity %DV† |
| Thiamine (B1) | 7% 0.086 mg |
| Riboflavin (B2) | 1% 0.014 mg |
| Niacin (B3) | 1% 0.13 mg |
| Pantothenic acid (B5) | 10% 0.48 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 12% 0.209 mg |
| Folate (B9) | 3% 12 μg |
| Minerals | Quantity %DV† |
| Iron | 2% 0.43 mg |
| Magnesium | 2% 10 mg |
| Manganese | 12% 0.283 mg |
| Phosphorus | 3% 40 mg |
| Potassium | 17% 495 mg |
| Sodium | 1% 12 mg |
| Zinc | 3% 0.32 mg |
| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2] | |
Dioscorea pentaphylla is a species of flowering plant in the yam family known by the common name fiveleaf yam. It is native to tropical Asia or eastern Polynesia, and it is present elsewhere as an introduced species.[3]
This species is a prickly vine that twines counterclockwise around objects and other plants. It may reach 10 meters in length. The alternately arranged leaves are compound, divided into 3 to 5 leaflets each up to 10 centimeters long. The plant produces horseshoe-shaped bulbils about a centimeter long. New plants can sprout from the bulbils. Flowers are borne in spikes. The vine grows from a tuber. Specimens may be 3 pounds in weight and may be located over a meter underground.[3]
The tubers of the vine can be cooked and eaten.[4]
References
- ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154.
- ^ a b Gucker, Corey L. 2009. Dioscorea spp. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.
- ^ Dioscorea pentaphylla. University of Michigan Ethnobotany.