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紅芋 (Beni-imo)

Purple sweet potato

  • べにいも
  • Beni-imo
  • Pitch 1, 2
  • plants
  • tubers

Meaning

紅芋 (べにいも, Beni-imo) is Purple sweet potato, a Japanese food (plants, tubers).

What is Purple sweet potato?

Beni-imo refers to a purple yam species ( Dioscorea alata ) from Okinawa. Another name is daijo (ダイジョ, 大薯). It's used for a lot of dishes, including tempura , fries, pastries, donuts, and ice cream, which receive an intense purple color from it. The picture shows a pastry with sliced white and purple yam on top.

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