Goa chhou-pou e li-kai si an-ne:

"SoaN-ioh" e-sai kong si tai-piau kui-na-chiong cheng2 e beng-su. Ah
"chhan-chi" si soaN-ioh e 1 khoan cheng2.  (Ti chia, "cheng2" teng-i
seng-but-kai "species" e iong-hoat.)  Sou-i kong

SoaN-ioh = Dioscorea (siok8/genus)
Chhan-chi = Dioscorea alata ah-si Dioscorea batatas.

Dioscorea batatas Jit-pun-oe u lang kong-si "nagaimo" ("tng5-chi5").

Chia u chit-sut-a soat-beng (chhiaN pheng-lun):
<http://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soa%E2%81%BF-io%CC%8Dh>

Lan chin su-iau (1) oh sit-but-hak e lang kah (2) choh-sit-lang lai
chham-ka TGB un-tong.  In e-tang ka kho-hak hap thoan-thong e "ti-sek
leng-hek" cheng-hap--khi-lai.

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