In addition to kidney beans ('ingenmame' in Japanese), which became named after Yinyuan, moso bamboo, watermelon and lotus root are also said to have been brought to Japan by Yinyuan.
隠元の名に由来するインゲンマメのほか、孟宗竹（もうそうちく）、スイカ、レンコンなどをもたらしたのも隠元だといわれている。