@Sitlalxochitl9 OMG i did some research and Dioscorea mexicana is selling for like hundreds of dollars as house plants. [the yam kinda looks like a pine cone crossed with a turtle shell. idk its weird and i want to touch it] https://t.co/AXdeIvJKtF

— the Dali Trauma (@CrustySocks13) 2022.5.22

@cleasto It’s a fancy yam! This one is Dioscorea elephantipes from South Africa; the more local one is Dioscorea mexicana

— Der-shing 德馨 Helmer (@shingworks) 2021.6.26

La cocolmeca o Dioscorea mexicana es una especie de ñame perteneciente a la familia Dioscoreaceae. Es una especie de planta que simula ser piedra... exótica bonita y diferente.... @alexfedezcam @IvttStrada @SeguraNadya @TinocoGRogelio https://t.co/wInrT6JL1k

— Mauricio Vázquez (@MauVazF) 2020.9.11

Mexican yam or Cabeza de negro is a species of yam in the genus Dioscorea. Dioscorea Mexicana is a caudiciform dioscorea having either a partly to completely above-ground dome-shape caudex w/thick, woody outer layer up to 3ft in diameter and 8–10" height https://t.co/N81g3Qbk2k https://t.co/ooKQzAuOwW

— thomas shilling (@thomasshilling) 2020.8.9