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Dioscorea convolvulacea

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Schlechtendahl & Chamisso

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Brazil
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Trinidad & Tobago

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• coastal

Flowering Times

• May-Feb

Fruiting Times

• May-Feb

Right twining tuberous vine with glabrous angular stems. Leaves glabrous above & pilose beneath. Axillary racemes, 3mm cream to brown flower. Fruit capsule to 20mm long pale brown

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Standley
• Kew