Starchy Vegetables, Roots and TubersBasic Food

Pencil yam

Raw

Vigna lanceolata

Nutrition overview

100 g reference · Raw

Pencil yam provides 63 calories, 1.5 g protein, 17.4 g carbs, and 0.2 g fat per 100 g reference.

calories

Protein

1.5g

Carbs

17.4g

Fat

0.2g

Complete nutrition

Nutrient	Amount
Macronutrients
Protein	1.5 g
Total fat	0.2 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)	17.4 g
Dietary fiber	3.3 g
Total sugars	4.2 g
Minerals
Calcium	48.0 mg
Iron	21.50 mg
Magnesium	85.0 mg
Phosphorus	74.3 mg
Potassium	262.0 mg
Sodium	3.0 mg
Zinc	0.50 mg
Copper	0.20 mg
Manganese	0.27 mg
Selenium	0.8 mcg
Vitamins
Vitamin A, RAE	0.0 mcg
Vitamin C	7.9 mg
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)	0.0 mcg
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)	0.4 mg
Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone)	0.8 mcg
Thiamin (B1)	0.08 mg
Riboflavin (B2)	0.06 mg
Niacin (B3)	0.50 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)	0.41 mg
Vitamin B6	0.27 mg
Folate, DFE	15.2 mcg
Vitamin B12	0.0 mcg
Other essential nutrient
Choline, total	17.1 mg

Nutrition records and methodology

Primary calorie record

Pencil yam, maloga bean, root, raw

FAO/INFOODS Food Composition Database for Biodiversity (BioFoodComp 4.0)

Record 0201770 · 100% match

Contributing sources

FAO/INFOODS Food Composition Database for Biodiversity (BioFoodComp 4.0)
FAO/INFOODS · 4.0
Open source
Basic Foods whole-catalog profile completion calculations V2.5
Basic Foods database project · whole-catalog-completion-v2.5.1-tiered · Project-generated calculation artifact; direct and donor evidence retain their own licenses

Detailed source and derivation status is retained for every nutrient in this profile.

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