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Dioscorea burkilliana

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

J. Miège

Cultivated

C, tubers

Common Names

• Buki (Nduye)
• Endika (Mawambo)
• Bihama (Swahili)
• Yam

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Comoros
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Uganda

Natural Habitats

• Edge of swamp forest
• secondary vegetation
• forest. Edible cooked tubers

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Apr
• Sep
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Jun
• Dec

Herbaceous tuberous twining spiny vine becoming woody with fragrant yellowish flowers, green fruits becoming brown

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• Kew