Chinese Yam(Dioscorea polystachya)薯蕷or山藥

Chinese Yam (Dioscorea polystachya)薯蕷or山藥

Chinese Yam (Dioscorea polystachya) fresh tuber. 薯蕷or山藥的根.

Chinese Yam(Dioscorea polystachya) aerial tubers. 薯蕷or山藥的零餘子.

Chinese Yam(Dioscorea polystachya) aerial tuber is sprouting! 薯蕷or山藥的零餘子開始發芽生長了!

Chinese Yam(Dioscorea polystachya) aerial tuber is growing! 薯蕷or山藥的零餘子甦醒了!

Chinese Yam(Dioscorea polystachya) aerial tuber is growing fast! 山藥零餘子的生長速度很快.

Iron Yam(Dioscorea polystachya) can be propagated by tuber. 鐵棍山藥可以根插法來繁殖.

Very cold hardy, fast growing perennial vine.  Mainly are growing for its large/long fleshy starchy tubers.  Also called  cinnamon-vine.   Easy to grow.  Best growing in full sun to partial shade location in well drained, moist and rich soil.  USDA Zones:5-11.  Mature size:10′-17′(H/L).  Propagate by seeds, cuttings, aerial tubers, tuber or division.  Medicinal.  Could be invasive in warmer climate region.

非常耐寒,生長快速的多年生藤蔓. 主要種來採收他極富澱粉的長條形塊根. 容易栽種. 最好栽種在全日照到半日照處的排水佳的濕潤,肥沃的土壤.  耐寒也耐熱. 成熟植株可高/藤長10-17呎. 繁殖以種子,扦插,零餘子或分株的方式來進行.  既可食用也可藥用.  由於生長的限制少因此被認為是強勢植物.

Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_yam                                    https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E8%96%AF%E8%95%B7                         https://baike.baidu.com/item/铁棍山药