Dioscorea esculenta (Java Mbili).

Dioscorea esculenta fruiting plants underground. This plant tubers that grow vines with green leaves and thorny stems around his bulbs are dark black spines (java: Marung). The fruit resembles a sweet potato the size of a fist adults. Light brown with a thin skin. Clean white tuber with a texture resembling a sweet potato and a distinctive taste. Calorific value contained in Dioscorea esculenta is 95 ka V 100g. These plants become secondary food in many tropical countries. Dioscorea esculenta contains ethanol which can be used as raw material for bio-ethanol or alcoholic beverage.

During the Japanese occupation Dioscorea esculenta be used as food. Dioscorea esculenta is the only garden plants, usually to limit yard. Harvest rather old age, ie 7-9 months. In Java These plants will thrive during the rainy season arrives.

This plant can be found in tropical climates such INDONESIA. The plant is expected to come from the Indo-Chinese mainland. Dioscorea esculenta Dioscorea esculenta species included in (Lour.) Burkill. Dioscorea esculenta also called Lesser yam, Chinese yam, yam Asiatic. Local Name yam Dioscorea esculenta is aung (West Java), Mbili (Central Java), kombili (Ambon). Dioscorea esculenta tuber shape is generally round to oval, but there is also a form of branched or lobar. Surface smooth tubers, tuber skin color beige to light brown, yellow-green color of the cortex and white tuber flesh color clear to cloudy white. Dioscorea esculenta tuber diameter of about 4 cm, a length of 4 cm to 10 cm with a round or oval shape. Thickness of about 0.04 cm tuber skin. Tuber skin easy to peel as it is quite thin. Tuber weight around 100-200 grams.

Components of the largest chemical in Dioscorea esculenta is water then carbohydrates. Dioscorea esculenta carbohydrate composed of sugar, amylose and amylopectin. Sugar component is composed of glucose, fructose and sucrose, causing the sweet taste. Proteins in Dioscorea esculenta composed of amino acids that lower the amount of sulfur amino acids (methionine and cysteine), lysine, tyrosine and tryptophan, while the other amino acids large numbers.
Various studies show that nutritional content is not much different local flour from wheat flour. Thus, local flour has good prospects to substitute flour terigu.Badan Guidance Bulk and Food Security (BMKP) Central Java, in collaboration with several universities, has been processing various local flour into a variety of processed food products that are delicious and interesting. Utilization of local flour as material substitution and replacement of wheat flour can reduce the need ranging from 20% to 100%.
Unfortunately, until now there has been a lot of entrepreneurs who want to produce local flour on a commercial scale, so that consumers are still experiencing difficulties in obtain the alternative flour.

Some local food in Indonesia that can ditepungkan among others derived from cereals (eg maize and sorghum), tubers (uwi, canna, yam, Dioscorea esculenta, arrowroot, sente, suweg, cassava, taro, yams, and potatoes), and fruits (bananas, breadfruit, pumpkin, and young jackfruit).

Dioscorea esculenta tuber nutrient content

Dioscorea esculenta tubers have a starch yield and starch highest (24.28% and 21.44%) than other bulbs. Thus in terms of the yield results Dioscorea esculenta potential to be developed into a flour or starch.

Dioscorea esculenta is a potential source of carbohydrate, protein, low-fat, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, iron, dietary fiber, vitamin B6, and C. In addition, the levels of sodium and Dioscorea esculenta has a low glycemic index.

Assorted Processed Products Tubers Dioscorea esculenta

- Chips Dioscorea esculenta
- Gethuk Dioscorea esculenta

classification

Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta (vascular plants)
Super Division: Spermatophyta (seed Produce)
Division: Magnoliophyta (flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida (dashed one / monocots)
Sub Class: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill
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