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Dioscorea arachidna

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Prain & Burkill

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• SC. China
• Assam - India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Edible tubers

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous tuberous climber, glabrous stems or with hairs when young, trifoliate glabrescent leaves 60mm x 20mm, flowers in spikes, female flowers very small, male spikes to 220mm long flowers with bracts & glabrous sepals to 1mm, winged capsule, wings at 90º 5.5mm x 18mm

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• Kew