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Dioscorea melanophyma

Botanic Family

Dioscoreaceae

Author

Prain & Burkill

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Guizhou
• Sichuan
• E Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Assam - India
• Nepal

Natural Habitats

• Scrub forest
• forest margins

Flowering Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Dec (China)

Herbaceous tuberous glabrous twiner with axillary panicles, yellowish-white flowers, 15mm fruit with 5mm wide wings, bulbils to 7mm diameter maturing black

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Kew