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Dioscorea macbrideana

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

R. Knuth

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Seasonally inundated areas
• forests
• shrubland
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Jun
• Aug
• Nov

Twining glabrous tuberous climber with purple stems. Mucronate leaves to 100mm x 50mm, mucrone 3mm long. Male inflorescence to 50mm long, maroon flowers, fruiting racemes to 800mm x 150mm, green capsule turning light brown to 10mm x 20mm

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Kew