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Dioscorea elephantipes

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

(L'Heritier) Engler

Hardiness Zone

Min7C

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cape Province - South. Africa

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Summer
• Mar

Fruiting Times

Caudiciform yam, bulb to 1000mm dia. producing twining climbing stems, dark spotted greenish-yellow flowers 4mm across

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• Bodkin
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Kew