Dioscorea esculenta, commonly known as the lesser yam, is a yam species native to Island Southeast Asia and introduced to Near Oceania and East Africa by early Austronesian voyagers. It is grown for their edible tubers, though it has smaller tubers than the more widely-cultivated Dioscorea alata and is usually spiny. [2]

Today, Tugi thrives in tropical lowland forests up to 900 meters in elevation and is commercially grown on a small scale in select regions as a culinary crop. When in season, Tugi is found in local markets in Southeast Asia, Southern Asia, East Asia, …

Tugi is a slender, slightly hairy, spiny vine, reaching a height of several meters. Tubers are 15 to 20 centimeters long, except in the case of some cultivated forms. Leaves are simple, suborbicular to reniform, 6 to 12 centimeters long, apiculate, the base 11- to 15-nerved, prominently heart-shaped, with rounded lobes.

Scientific name: Dioscorea esculenta. Translated in Ilocano-English dictionaries as “lesser yam” or Goa yam. (To compare, the more extensively cultivated ube is referred to as “greater yam” and has the scientific name Dioscorea alata). Common local names include tuge, tugeder, tugui, aneg, apali, boga, dukai, kamiging, luttu, toñgo, and tuñgo.

2019年3月26日 · It is not as popular as potato, sweet potato, or yam but Apali (Dioscorea esculenta) is a lesser yam with a great potential. “Apali” as it is called in the South of the Philippines, is also known as “Tugi” among the Tagalog. It is a climate-resilient crop that can withstand adverse climatic conditions, particularly during long dry periods.

Lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta) is known as tugi in Tagalog and tam-is in Illonggo. The stems of this plant are round and thin, with big, black compound spines and the leaves are soft,...

2010年1月1日 · Root crops have been shown to be potentially hypocholesterolemic foods, e.g. tugi, cassava. The hypocholesterolemic property of dietary fiber is associated with the water-soluble fractions of fiber fermentable in the colon, e.g. galactomannans, uronic acid, glucomannans, galacturonic acids.

What is Tugi or Tuge? Tugi is a root tuber from vine plant with heart-shaped leaves. The root tuber is similar in size to a long kamote with thin plastic like skin. The skin is sometimes covered with small root hairs. Tugi are usually boiled like kamote or cooked with vegetables, like the Ilocano Buridibud.

2017年8月7日 · Farming tugi produces edible root crop that are then sold to public markets at limited supply. Tugi has the scientific name Dioscorea esculenta and has the name lesser yam or Goa yam in English. Filipino language naming for the tuber is tugi, togi, or tuge.

2023年1月30日 · Lesser yam (D. esculenta) or tugui, is a perennial crop cultivated to supplement human food and cash needs. Reference data on indigenous varieties is limited.