Crop revered by the Abelam people of Papua New Guinea (3)

I believe the answer is:

yam

(Other definitions for yam that I've seen before include "May be a foreign potato" , "US sweet-potato" , "Edible root" , "May be a sweet spud" , "American sweet potato" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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