Description
- YELLOW YAM, Guinea yam, Yellow Guinea yam.
- Botanical name Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. (Enantiophyllum).
- West Africa appears to be the centre of origin, with initial domestication from the Ivory Coast to Cameroon, and in this African 'yam belt' these are the most important of all the yams
- From West Africa they spread to Brazil and the Caribbean (presumably by way of the slave ships), and are important in Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the French West Indies, but not in the other islands.
- They were introduced into New Caledonia by the French.
Fresh Seeds, Ship Form United States
