inhame-de-São vs Elephant's Foot Yam

Dioscorea esculenta compared with Dioscorea elephantipes

Key Differences

• inhame-de-São is Not Evaluated while Elephant's Foot Yam is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	inhame-de-São	Elephant's Foot Yam
Kingdom same	Plantae (plantas)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order same	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family same	Dioscoreaceae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus same	Dioscorea	Dioscorea
Species	Dioscorea esculenta	Dioscorea elephantipes

Evolutionary Relationship

inhame-de-São and Elephant's Foot Yam share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Dioscorea.

Conservation Status

inhame-de-São

NE — Not Evaluated

Elephant's Foot Yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	inhame-de-São	Elephant's Foot Yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

inhame-de-São

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Seychelles.

Elephant's Foot Yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

inhame-de-São

The Chinese Yam (Dioscorea esculenta) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Distributed across Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Seychelles.