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]

2017年8月7日 · Tugi is a tuber product and is widely grown as a root crop. Tugi belongs to the family Dioscoreaceae. Tugi leaves are alternate and spiral. simple, may be cordate, sagittate. palmate lobed or compound with 3-7 leaflets, with strong side veins from the base.

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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.

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.

Vernicia fordii (usually known as the tung tree (Chinese: 桐, tóng) and also as the tung-oil or tungoil tree , the kalo nut tree, and the China wood-oil tree) is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae.

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.

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.

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