Tugi

Photo of Tugi by by voxmarc.

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.