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Dioscorea glabra

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Roxburgh

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• W Guangxi
• S. Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• scrub
• evergreen forest
• disturbed areas
• montane areas
• lowland forest Edible tubers used as famine food

Flowering Times

• Sep-Dec (China)
• Oct-Nov (Thailand)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Jan (China)
• Jul (Singapore)

Perennial evergreen herbaceous tuberous glabrous twiner to 8m, stout stems prickly at base, glabrous leaves 200mm x 140mm, axillary male panicles to 700mm long, male 1mm flowers with bract, sepals 1mm long, female spike 400mm long, 25mm fruits with 20mm x 22mm wings at 90º

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Mobot
• FOC
• net
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FS
• USNH
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS
• Kew