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Dioscorea lepida

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

C.V. Morton

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• SE. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Riverine forest
• forest edge
• forest

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• May
• Sep
• Dec

Right twining glabrous tuberous climber with 1.5mm flowers green to yellowish-brown, fruit capsule to 18mm long brownish-red

Further References

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