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Dioscorea abyssinica

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Hochstetter & Kunth

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burkino
• Central African Republic
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mali
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sudan
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest edges.

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous glabrous twiner, young stems unarmed or slightly spiny, tuberous root, leaves 100mm long, male fascicles 50mm long with small bracts, male perianth 1.5mm long, female lax spikes, fruit deeply lobed capsule 32mm diameter

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew