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Dioscorea decipiens

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

J.D. Hooker

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Yunnan - China
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• scrub
• montane areas.

Flowering Times

• Sep-Jan (China)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Jan (China)

Tuberous twining herb with glabrescent stems with bulbils, simple leaves 140mm x 140mm glabrous above white-hairy beneath, axillary panicles, male to 250mm long with bracts, glabrous sepals 1mm long, 1.2mm greenish-white flowers, female flowers in spike, pubescent fruit capsule to 20mm with 17mm wings at 90º

Further References

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