CHAPTER III 



POTATO 



All the following articles of food are somewhat similar to 

 the potato, with the exception of the Sweet Potato, which 

 contains a varying amount of sugar. 



Yam 



{Dmcorea) 



It is called Inhame (Spanish and Portuguese) ; Igname 

 (French) ; Ovy (Madagascar) ; Ajes (Cuba) ; Cara (Brazil) ; 

 Cambares (Island of Bourbon) ; and Namain (Carib). 



The six most important varieties are as follows : — 



Dioscorea alaUi. — The Wing-stalked Yam, a native of India 

 and the South Sea Islands. It is called Uvi, or Ubi, in the 

 Islands of the South Pacific, Java, etc. ; Kham-alu, or 

 Kham (Hindustani and Bengali) ; Ima (Ternate) ; Lami 

 (^lacassar) ; Pleli (Araboyna) ; Lutu (Banda) ; Khoai-tia, 

 etc. (Coch in-China) ; Perum-vullie-kalangu (Tamil) ; Gudi- 

 midonda-pendalam, etc. (Telegu) ; and Perinvullie-kelunghu 

 (Malay). 



This tuber is sometimes 8 feet in length, and weighs 



