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Dioscorea cayenensis ssp. rotundata

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

(Poiret) J. Miège

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burkino
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mali
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Togo

Natural Habitats

• Cultivated for edible tubers

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Anticlockwise tuberous twiner. Spiny vine, leaves simple, Rarely producing aerial tubers

Further References

• Rubatzky 1997
• Smith 1998
• The Plant List 2
• Kew