"Dioscorea paniculata" shine sunan kimiyya ga nau'in tsiro da aka fi sani da "White Yam" ko "Purplish Yam". Wani nau'in doya ne wanda asalinsa ne a Asiya kuma ana noma shi sosai a Indiya da Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya. Itacen yana da dabi'ar girma kamar itacen inabi kuma yana samar da manyan, sitaci, tubers masu cin abinci waɗanda suke da mahimmancin amfanin gona na abinci a sassa da yawa na duniya. An kuma yi amfani da shukar a cikin magungunan gargajiya don amfanin lafiyarta da aka ce ta yi.