the food is stored in an edible tuber in a yam plant.
where is the food stored in a yam plant?
an edible tuber
chinese yam





























dioscorea polystachya or chinese yam (), also called cinnamon-vine, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. it is sometimes called chinese potato or by its japanese name nagaimo.





























it is a perennial climbing vine, native to china and east asia. the edible tubers are cultivated largely in asia and sometimes used in alternative medicine. this species of yam is unique as the tubers can be eaten raw.





























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chinese yam
kngwarreye particularly featured yam tracks in her works. the yam plant was an important source of food for the aboriginal people of the desert. she painted many works on this theme; often her first actions at the start of a painting were to put down the yam tracking lines. this plant was especially significant for her: her middle name "kame" means the yellow flower of the yam that grows above the ground. she described her paintings as having meaning based on all the aspects of the community's life, including the yam plants.





























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emily kame kngwarreye