COMMON NAME: Purple yam tuber
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dioscorea alata
FAMILY: Dioscoreaceae
ORGIN: Asian tropics
PROPAGATION: ‘Seed’ yams or setts (tuber portions) are used for propagation.
- Purple yams may have blood-pressure-lowering effects.
- Purple yams may help improve your gut health.
- The flavonoids in purple yams that help to lower blood sugar.
- Purple yams are rich in antioxidants, including anthocyanins and vitamin C.
- Tubers are used as a cure for different diseases and ailments (cough, cold, stomach ache, leprosy, burns, fungal infections, dysentery, skin diseases, rheumatism, arthritis, etc.) in several formulations, and even for birth control