I saw this potato-like thing in Hainan vegetable market. Who knows what its scientific name is?
The Rhizome of Winged Yam, also known as Shenshu, Lidong Potato, Big Potato, and Potato Seed, is the tuber of Dioscorea opposita. Pseudo-yam is sweet, flat and non-toxic. Its form is: ginseng potato, perennial twining herb. Tubers are fleshy, up to 60 cm long, with various shapes and colors. Stems sharply quadrangular or with 4 narrow wings, smooth and glabrous. Leaves opposite; Reiyoshi is often found in the axils of leaves; Leaf blade heart-shaped oval to heart-shaped oblong, lobes nearly round, 8 ~16 cm long. It is 5 ~ 8 cm wide, with an acute apex and a heart-shaped base with 7 ~ 9 veins. Cultivated or wild. Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Indications for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency; Kidney deficiency nocturnal emission; Take it down; Frequency of urination; Cough due to fatigue; Quench thirst; Ulcer and ulcer; Soup fire injury. Has the functions of invigorating spleen and stopping diarrhea; Benefiting lung and nourishing kidney; The efficacy of detoxifying and healing sores.