Alternative Names
- Apilla in Bolivia
- Apiña in Bolivia and Peru
- Batata-baroa or mandioquinha (literally, "little mandioca") in Brazil, a name shared with the unrelated arracacha
- Cuiba or quiba in Venezuela
- Hibia, huasisai, or ibi in Colombia
- Macachin or miquichi in Venezuela
- Papa extranjera in Mexico
- Truffette acide in France
- Yam in many other places, such as Polynesia and New Zealand, where the Dioscorea vegetables known elsewhere as yams are generally very uncommon.
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