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Written by SoonLeeNZ on 2024-12-09 at 05:50

I grew up in Malaysia, so for me, "yam" can mean any of three different things...

Colocasia esculenta a.k.a. taro, is "yam" in Malaysia

Oxalis tuberosa a.k.a oca is "yam" in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Ipomoea batatas a.k.a. kūmara a.k.a. sweet potato is "yam" in North America.

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Written by Kelsey Jordahl on 2024-12-09 at 16:46

@soonleenz @skinnylatte heh, even in North America I am confused, my local grocery store sells yellow sweet potatoes as "yams" and white ones as "sweet potatoes". I grew up calling them all sweet potatoes. I think there are actually two unrelated families of vegetable, one native to Africa and one native to the Americas, but "yam" has been used for both for hundreds of years.

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/difference-between-sweet-potato-and-yam

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