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Dioscorea deltoidea

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Wallich ex. Grisebach

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Sichuan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Assam - India
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Moist open rocky places
• forest scrub forest
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• Apr- May (Nepal) May-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• Oct- Nov (Nepal) Jun-Sep (China)

Rhizomatous twiner with glabrous spiny stems. Leaves 160mm x 110mm glabrous above, hairy beneath. Solitary or to 3 male flowers to 3.5mm diameter with 0.8mm lobes, white flowers 3.5mm diameter, spikes with up to 20 female flowers. 3-winged capsule to 22mm long with 14mm wide wings, brown spotted purplish brown

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Gouldstone 1983
• Manandhar 2002
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNHG
• F Indochine
• Kew
• Academia WWF Nepal